The Black Country supports Love Food Hate Waste

The Black Country pie factor winner!

A Gornal woman has proved she has stars in her pies by securing over 100 votes to win the Pie Factor competition launched earlier this year across the Black Country.

Nicola Hickman from Lower Gornal won the contest with her ‘Kick Ass Chicken, Cheese and Chilli Pie’.

The short-listed recipes were available at all of the Mad O’Rourke outlets for two weeks and pie lovers were invited to try them and vote for their favourite one.

The finalists were Rachel Huskisson from Wolverhampton with her Grorty Pudding Pie, Amy Williams from Tipton with Amy's Spicy beef pie, 12-year-old Darcy Laceby from Wolverhampton with her BBQ Pork Pie and winner Nicola Hickman from Lower Gornal with her Kick Ass Chicken, Cheese and Chilli Pie,

Nicola has now won a place on a cookery course for two with top London chef Theo Randall

Part of the Black Country’s Love Food Hate Waste Campaign, the contest has been organised to encourage people to think creatively about the ingredients they use and help them reduce the amount of good food that gets unnecessarily thrown away. Families in the Black Country could save up to £50 a month simply by making the most of the food they buy.

Winning recipe

Kick Ass Chicken Cheese and Chilli Pie

Ingredients

Chicken Breasts – any available
Chilli Powder – pinch or two
Mince Meat – any available
Baked Beans or Red Beans
Chopped Onion
Tin Tomatoes or any leftover fresh ones
Cheese – leftover amounts to pop on top  

Method

1. Chop the chicken and fry

2. Make the chilli by frying the other ingredients together

3. Combine the chilli and chicken pieces in a pie dish

4. Top with either a pastry top or nacho chips and finish with some cheese

Everyone has these ingredients in their kitchen cupboards and freezer. Any leftover chilli will make another meal.