Pastry perfection: Anna Higham’s recipes for chicken and herb pie and foldover pissaladière

There’s not much can beat a homemade savoury pastry, including these onion and anchovy turnovers and a very herby chicken pie

Warmer weather always has me dreaming of elaborate picnics, just like the ones my mum used to take us on as kids. She made superlative chicken pies, and I always think of them at this time of year. Mum would use shop-bought pastry, but here I’ve made a herby rough puff to up the summery feeling. The onion and anchovy turnovers, meanwhile, are the perfect pocket savouries to keep you going on a long walk or day out. You could always make one batch of pastry and halve the amount of both fillings, so you can have some of each.