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Rustic chicken and mushroom pie

This homely looking pie gets back to what good, old-fashioned pies are all about: it's round, deep and has both a proper bottom and lid.

The one small concession to modernity is the use of puff pastry for a lighter, crisper crust.

The filling combines mushrooms, leeks and diced chicken 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)
2 300 g cooked meat
3 600 g mushrooms
4 30 g goose fat
5 2 leeks
6 1 onion
7 4 tablespoons olive oil
8 250 ml liquid cream
9 20 g beaten egg
10 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
11 salt
12 pepper
Total weight: 2,225 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
43 min.	52 min.	1 hour 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Roll out 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) and line a deep, non-stick tin ( 8" or 20 cm diameter, preferably spring-form type) with this rolled-out pastry.

Trim off the excess pastry, leaving a rim of about half an inch (1 cm) overhanging around the edge. Set aside in the fridge.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Dice 300 g cooked meat. Here I am using left-over chicken, which is ideal for this recipe.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Prepare 600 g mushrooms, then cut them into small pieces.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Pour 30 g goose fat into a saucepan on high heat. When really hot, add the mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes.

Salt and pepper at the end of cooking, after taking off the heat.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Prepare and finely chop 2 leeks.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Prepare and finely chop 1 onion. Heat 4 tablespoons olive oil in the same pan as before, still on high heat. When really hot, add the chopped onion.

Salt and pepper, then cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Add the chopped leeks, stir, then cover and cook for 4 or 5 minutes until the leeks are quite tender but still nice and green.

Salt and pepper.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Add the mushrooms and chicken. Mix well.

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Add 250 ml liquid cream, mix and leave on low heat to reduce.

Stage 10 - 1 min.

Stop cooking when the filling has thickened, then check the seasoning.

Leave to cool.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C).

Glaze around the edge of the pastry case with beaten egg.

Stage 12 - 3 min.

Fill the pie with the cold filling mixture.

Stage 13 - 2 min.

Roll out 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) into a circle and make a small hole in the centre of this pastry lid to allow steam to escape during baking.

Stage 14 - 4 min.

Lay the pastry circle on top of the pie and press the edge down firmly to seal it.

trim off the overhanging pastry with scissors and glaze top.

Stage 15 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes, preferably low in the oven, with the tin directly on the shelf.

Do watch for the pastry browning towards the end of cooking.

Remarks

Everything up to stage 10 can be prepared the day before cooking.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,447 Kcal or 18,619 Kj	284 gr	1,558 gr	1,593 gr
222 %	109 %	147 %	241 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
200 Kcal or 837 Kj	13 gr	70 gr	72 gr
10 %	5 %	7 %	11 %

Per pie
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,447 Kcal or 18,619 Kj	284 gr	1,558 gr	1,593 gr
222 %	109 %	147 %	241 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by 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 : 8.85 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with mushrooms, Mixed salad, Sautéd mushrooms with spring onions and cured ham, Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, Chicken and mushroom pie, ... All
	Cooked meat: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, Alpine gratin, Gratin of leeks with Morbier cheese, Artichokes with beef, Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Risotto-style celeriac, Cervelle de Canut, Auvergne gratin, Crème de foie gras, Double raspberry tartlets, ... All
	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple semelles (flat apple tarts), Smart plum tart, Two-cheese quiche, Quiche Bretonne, How to cook caramelized puff pastry well, ... All

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