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.
Last modified on: September 10th 2018
Keywords for this recipe: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
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 min. | 15 min. | 49 min. | 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.
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 5 - 2 min.
Stage 6 - 7 min.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,896 Kcal or 7,938 Kj | 98 gr | 168 gr | 265 gr |
| 95 % | 38 % | 16 % | 40 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 132 Kcal or 553 Kj | 7 gr | 12 gr | 19 gr |
| 7 % | 3 % | 1 % | 3 % |
| Per pie | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,896 Kcal or 7,938 Kj | 98 gr | 168 gr | 265 gr |
| 95 % | 38 % | 16 % | 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 pie : 5.86 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Penne with Mushrooms, Beef Wellington, Lumberjack turnovers, Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Shiitake eggs, ... All |
 | Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Duck Parmentier, Chicken with rice and leeks, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Bounty-style tart for Alison, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, Nanou's apple and almond cake, "Day After Pork Belly" Soup, ... All |
 | Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgette tart with mint, Little caramelized peach tarts, Shallot confit tart, Thin summer tart "à la grecque", Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, ... All |
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