Potato and leek Pie

Hi Again

I'm sure you're wondering what spurred on all the cooking... after watching a god awful movie on Saturday which I dragged Kan to we walked into home stop..with the noble intention of buying just pillow covers but I could barely get past the shiny new section of cookie cutters, lemon zesters, tart trays :) Don't worry I didn't go ballistic just got tart tins, a cake slicer (what?? you need those), rubber spatulas and yes yes the pillow covers. Had to try all my new equipment out so her's what I made and it was heavenly cheese and potatoes you can't ask for more .. so here goes
(was too lazy to work the camera so just shot it on my phone)

500 grams potatoes cubed and boiled till soft and drained
250 grams cheddar or Gruyere cheese
1/4 cup warm milk
Chives 4-5 stalks, fresh oregano- couple of sprigs
Salt
Pepper
chilli flakes or paprika if you like it hot
3 tablespoons vegetable or sunflower oil
100 grams bacon
1 leek, thinly sliced
2 cloves of garlic
1 onion, diced
1 large egg beaten
500 grams of puff pastry (be sweet to your nearest baker and he'll make it for you as its so tough to get frozen here.. I got mine at Fatima in Richmond Town..almost hugged the guy for saying he'll make it!!) If you still can't get hold of it a shortcrust pastry will work just fine.

Preheat the oven at 20oc. In a non stick pan fry the diced bacon.. I trimmed the fat off but you can choose to keep it or even use lardons instead of bacon. Add in the sliced leeks, onion and garlic and saute till soft.
In a separate bowl mash the potatoes, add in the warm milk ( you can add in some butter if you like) and half the cheese. Mix in the beaten egg, salt, pepper, chives and oregano
Add in the leek and bacon mixture and fold in gently.
Roll out your pastry and line the base of your tin and the sides with it (its better to use cold pastry as its a soggy mess when its not cold).
Pour in your mixture and add the rest of the cheese on top.
Bake for 20 -25 mins or till the pastry has turned a golden brown and all the cheese has melted.
Serve hot.. we had this with a lovely sparkly red wine.. oh yum!!