Cold veal and ham pie

Traditional pies make the perfect picnic food, and if you make your own large pie everyone gets a slice with lots of filling and less pastry than with individual pies. If you’re not a confident cook, pies like this can seem tricky to make, but believe me, they’re no harder than most desserts. Once you’ve made one a couple of times you can adapt the filling according to your preference and what you have to hand, using ingredients such as chicken, mushrooms or at Christmas time turkey, ham an