KEY POINTS:
Makes 24
2 tsp olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
250g chicken mince
1/4 cup pouring cream 3/4 cup canned corn kernels
3/4 cup creamed corn Sea salt and cracked black pepper
5 sheets store-bought shortcrust pastry
1 egg, lightly beaten
Preheat oven to 200C. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add onion and cook for 2-3 minutes or until soft. Add mince and cook for 4-5 minutes or until brown, breaking up any lumps with a spoon. Add the cream, corn kernels, creamed corn, salt and pepper and cook for a further 1-2 minutes or until thick. Set aside to cool.
Cut 24 x 8cm rounds from 3 sheets of pastry and line 24 x 1/4 cup-capacity greased muffin tins. Cut 24 x 6cm rounds from remaining pastry, reserving excess. Spoon the chicken mixture into the pastry cases and top with the 6cm rounds. Cut 24 letters from excess pastry using alphabet cutters, top pies with letters and brush with egg. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
* To present the pies, line a muffin tin with bright paper and the top with baking paper.