Pasties

Our low fat version of the traditional pasty, made with chicken, butternut squash, mushroom and onion, wrapped in a calorie controlled tortilla wrap.

Fantastic for lunch and a great way of using up the bottom half of the butternut squash after making the roasties in a Sunday Lunch or Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie.

Makes 4 Pasties | 4 ProPoints/200 Calories per pasty (approx)

Ingredients
4 calorie controlled wraps
1 chicken breast (medium size, skinless)
1/2 butternut squash
1 onion
4 mushrooms (diced)(optional)
2-3 cloves garlic
Mixed herbs
Salt and pepper

Method
1) Place the chicken on foil (or into a roasting bag) and top with a pinch of mixed herbs and some salt and pepper.  Wrap the foil around the chicken into a parcel (or seal the roasting bag) and bake in a 180 Celsius oven for around 30-35 minutes.

2) Peel, deseed and chop the butternut squash into small cubes. Finely dice the onion and garlic and slice the mushrooms into desired sized pieces. Use 1Cal spray oil and gently fry the squash, onion, garlic and mushrooms in a large pan or wok until the squash is soft. Allow to cool.

3) Once the chicken is cooked, dice into small cubes and add to the squash, onion and mushroom mixture, along with plenty of pepper and a pinch of salt. Stir gently to mix thoroughly. Divide into 4 equal portions.

4) Soak the wraps in water for at least 2-3 minutes to make them soft and pliable.

5) For each pasty, place a quarter of the chicken/squash mixture in the centre of each wrap, fold the wrap over in half and crimp the outer edge to seal the pasty (watch a video of how to do the crimping on the BBC Food site here). Stab the top of each pasty with a knife and brush on some skimmed milk to help them brown.

6) Place the pasties on a non-stick sheet on a baking tray and bake in a 180 Celsius oven until golden brown. Either eat straight away or allow to cool before storing in the fridge. Eat within 2 days.

Notes/Ideas
We used Weight Watchers wraps here for 3 ProPoints each.

For similar calories/ProPoints, it is possible to use filo pastry, instead of tortilla wraps. This will give a thinner, lighter and crispier casing, albeit less 'substantial'.

Instead of a chicken breast, use between 50-100g of lean turkey breast mince for the filling. The calories/ProPoints should be about the same.

Use carrots in the filling also!

For some extra flavour and spice, add 1/2 a teaspoon of both coriander and cumin powder to the chicken, squash and onion mix.

Use 150g of potato instead of butternut squash, but this will add another 120 calories/3ProPoints across the 4 pasties.