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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.

70 K 3.7/5 (10 reviews)

1 hour 35 min. difficulté

Easy

£7.40

2 pies

12 Ingredients

Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

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For 2 pies, you will need:

1 400 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 600 g cooked meat
3 1 kg 200 g mushrooms
4 60 g goose fat
5 4 leeks
6 2 onions
7 8 tablespoons olive oil
8 500 ml liquid cream
9 40 g beaten egg
10 400 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
11 salt
12 pepper
Total weight: 4,450 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 45 min.

Cooking: 55 min.

All in all: 1 hour 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Roll out 400 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 600 g cooked meat. Here I am using left-over chicken, which is ideal for this recipe.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Prepare 1 kg 200 g mushrooms, then cut them into small pieces.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Pour 60 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 4 leeks.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Prepare and finely chop 2 onions. Heat 8 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 500 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 400 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	570 RDI=220 %	3,120 RDI=290 %	3,190 RDI=480 %	8,890 RDI=450 %	37,240 RDI: 450 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=5 %	70 RDI=7 %	70 RDI=10 %	200 RDI=10 %	840 RDI: 10 %
Per pie	280 RDI=110 %	1,560 RDI=150 %	1,590 RDI=240 %	4,450 RDI=220 %	18,620 RDI: 220 %

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 2 pies : £14.80
Per pie : £7.40

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