Ingredients

2 x 500g blocks of puff pastry

3 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves of garlic
1 onion
1 tsp salt
4 tbsp pink peppercorns, crushed
300g chicken thighs, cut into cubes
100g dried cranberries
2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
200g Brie cheese

Method
Prep time: 30 minutes, plus chilling. Cook time: 50 minutes.

Line two baking trays with baking paper.

Take the puff pastry blocks and roll them one by one on a floured surface. Roll to
a 5mm thickness and cut using a 25cm round, then cut another circle to a 30cm
round. Leave both to chill on a tray while you make the filling.

Now make the filling by adding oil to a non-stick pan. Blitz the garlic and onion
to a smooth paste.

Add the paste to the hot oil and cook till the mixture is thick and brown – this
should take about 10 minutes over a medium heat. Now add the salt and pepper-corns
and mix.

Add the chicken along with the cranberries and mix and cook till you have a dry
chicken mix and the chicken is cooked through, which should take around 7 minutes
at most. Take off the heat and leave to cool completely.

Take the smaller round and lightly brush the edges with egg yolk.

Carefully slice off the top and base of the Brie, just to make it shorter. Pop the
Brie in the centre of the round and then add the chicken all around the edge and
over the top of the Brie, patting it into a mound and avoiding the brushed egg yolk
edge.

Take the second, larger circle and place on top. Push down over the filling, easing
out any air bubbles as you go and sealing all around the edges firmly. Brush the
top with the egg yolk and pop into the fridge for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6 and put a tray in the oven to heat up.

Flute the edge using the back of a knife to create a scalloped edge and score the
top. Brush the egg yolk again and bake for 25–30 minutes. If the pastry is looking
very dark after 20 minutes, cover loosely with foil and reduce the oven temperature
to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4. Serve straight from the oven.

Can be assembled up to 1 day in advance and then baked to serve.