Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, leek and chicken pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leek and chicken pie using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Leek and Chicken Pie:
- Make ready 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Make ready 1 onion, finely chopped
- Make ready 2 medium leeks, washed, trimmed and thickly sliced
- Take 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
- Prepare 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Prepare 150 ml white wine
- Make ready 150 ml chicken stock, hot
- Make ready 142 ml carton double cream
- Get Sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves picked and roughly chopped
- Take 375 g pack ready-rolled puff pastry
- Take 1 medium egg
Steps to make Leek and Chicken Pie:
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and leeks and cook for 4-5 minutes until softened.
- Add the chicken pieces and cook, stirring, for another 4-5 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic, add the wine and bubble away until reduced by two-thirds.
- Pour in the stock and simmer until reduced by half.
- Add the cream and tarragon, bring to the boil, then simmer for 5-6 minutes until thickened.
- Season, then spoon into a 2.5-litre pie dish (or 4 x 300ml ovenproof dishes). Set aside to cool.
- Brush a little water along the edge of the pie dish or dishes. Unroll the pastry and cut out a piece large enough to cover the dish or dishes. Press down the edges and trim off the excess. Snip a small hole in the centre of the pastry to let the steam escape. Put on a baking tray and chill for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220C/fan200C/gas 7. Beat the egg with a little salt, then brush over the pastry. Bake for 40-45 minutes (20-25 minutes if you are making individual pies) until the pastry is golden.
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