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Chicken and mushroom pie

This lovely pie has a puff pastry crust filled with a mixture of fried mushrooms, diced chicken and parsley, all bound in a cream sauce.

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

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For 1 pie, you will need:

1 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
3 300 g chicken
4 parsley
5 2 tablespoons olive oil
6 70 g shallot
7 2 tablespoons olive oil
8 400 g mushrooms
9 200 ml cream
10 1 beaten egg
Total weight: 1,432 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 36 min.

Resting: 15 min.

Cooking: 49 min.

All in all: 1 hour 40 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 7 min.

Roll out 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), prick all over and line a high-sided pie tin or mould (e.g. spring-form).

Leave about 1 cm (1/2 inch) overlapping the edge.

Put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Roll out 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), prick all over and put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Cook 300 g chicken (if not already cooked) and dice.

Stage 4 - 7 min.

Roughly chop the parsley, Prepare and chop 70 g shallot.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat, add shallot, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 or 2 minutes.

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Prepare 400 g mushrooms and dice them.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into the same pan over high heat and when it is hot, add the mushrooms and toast them lightly.

Stage 7 - 15 min.

When the mushrooms are browned, add the shallot and diced chicken, mix well and add 200 ml cream, salt and pepper.

Leave on low heat to reduce until there is hardly any liquid left.

Check seasoning.

Stage 8 - 15 min.

To finish, add the parsley and mix well.

Leave to cool.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C).

Tip the filling into the pie case. Do not press down.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Glaze the overhanging edge of pastry with beaten egg yolk.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Place the pastry "lid" on top and press down the edge to seal.

Stage 12 - 3 min.

Trim off the excess pastry with scissors.

Stage 13 - 2 min.

Finish by glazing the top.

Stage 14 - 25 min.

Bake for about 25 minutes.

Remarks

It is important to choose the right sort of mushrooms for this recipe. Try not to use the classic button mushrooms which give off a lot of water. If possible, use drier types like oyster mushrooms or shiitake.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	270 110 %	1,520 140 %	1,510 230 %	3,450 170 %	14,440 170 %
Per 100 g	20 7 %	110 10 %	110 20 %	240 10 %	1,010 10 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 1 pie : 5.86 €

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