Chicken and Salsify Phyllo Pie

A party or informal supper dish, this is good served hot or warm with a green salad. The filling is a loose adaptation of a French one quoted in Jane Grigson’s Vegetable Book, but the basic construction of the pie will work with any well-flavoured, moist but un-runny filling that doesn’t need much cooking. The classic Greek spanako-pitta uses chopped raw spinach, b