Perfect for the chilly weather of autumn; Cheeky Country Chicken Pie with rough puff pastry.
Prep Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Author: Matt
Ingredients
Filling:
2cupscooked chicken meatchopped
2-3chopped carrotspeeled and chopped
1/2medium white onionfinely chopped
2strips of baconfinely sliced
2garlic clovesfinely chopped
1stock of celeryfinely chopped
4-5piecesof thymeleaves picked. Add even more if you feel like it.
Small bunch of parsley
1TBsauce flour
1TBbutter
1Cupchicken stock
Salt and pepper
1egg
Rough Puff:
250gflour
1tspsalt
250gcold butter
150mlcold water
Instructions
Start with the rough puff pastry. Mix the flour and salt into a large bowl. Chop the butter in small chunks, add them to the bowl and use a pastry cutter or rub them in loosely. Keep it slightly chunky.
Add 100ml of the cold water to the bowl of flour. Mix and add water only until the dough comes together. Chill for 30 min.
Turn out dough on a floured board. Knead gently, you don’t want the butter to start to melt, and shape the dough into a rectangle. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough in one direction only, roll the dough until 3 times the width, about 20 x 50cm. Do this quickly, again we want the butter to stay cold.
Time for the turns! Fold the dough by taking the top and bottom third and fold over each other. Rotate (or turn!) the dough by a quarter and repeat step 3.
Meanwhile, time to make filling. First, crisp the bacon in a pan. When crispy, drain and wipe out the pan.
In the frying pan, melt the butter and toss in the garlic. When the garlic is fragrant, add the onion, carrot and celery. Cook for about 5min.
Add the chicken, herbs, and toss to combine. Add the chicken stock, and boil for a few minutes.
Finally, mix the sauce flour with equal water. Pour this into the mixture, stir to combine and turn off the heat. Let the whole mixture cool, about an hour or more.
Heat the oven to 200C. Pour the filling into your pie dish. Meanwhile, roll the pastry to the thickness of a pound coin. Place this over top, with a small slash or two to let air escape. You may need to put a bit of water on the edge of the pie dish to help it stick.
Beat the egg, and brush your the top of the pastry with the egg wash. Place this into the hot oven, and bake for about 30min. When the top is nice and brown, your pie is done. Serve while warm.