ULTIMATE CHICKEN POT PIE

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Got this recipe from Canadian Living - November 2015

Ingredients

  • PIE:
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1/125 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 pkg 227 g button mushrooms
  • 10 shallots, halved lengthwise
  • 5 sprigs thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1 turnip cut into 3/4 inch chunks
  • 375 g mini skinned potatoes, quartered
  • 2 carrots cut into 1/2 inch chunks
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup frozen peas
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 egg yolk
  • PASTRY:
  • 1 2/3 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 1/3 cup ice water
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Step 1

PIE:

Melt butter in saucepan and sauté chicken in batches. Transfer to bowl. Melt remaining butter and cook mushrooms, shallots, thyme and bay leaf. Stir occasionally until softened and golden, about 6 minutes. Add wine and cook till no liquid, about 2 minutes. Stir in vegetables and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in broth and chicken. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and cover till veggies are tender crisp - about 12 minutes. Whisk flour with water, stir into chicken mixture. Bring to a boil and reduce heat till simmer. Stir in peas, cream and parsley - cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Discard thyme and bay leaf. Scrape into 13 x 9 baking dish. Cook for 30 minutes.

PASTRY:

In food processor pulse flour with salt. Add 1/4 cup butter. Pulse until combined. Add remaining butter and pulse till mixtures forms pea-sized pieces. Drizzle ice water and parsley evenly over mixture (not thru feeding tube) Pulse 6-8 times until loose ragged dough. Transfer to floured surface with wax paper underneath. Roll out til a 15 x 12 surface. Cool with another piece of wax paper over top.

Arrange pastry over top of baking dish. Whisk with egg yolk mixed with 1 tsp water. Bake at 425 for 35 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes before serving.