Puff Pastry
Chicken Pie (with lid!)
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2 adults and 2 children
To serve: seasonal steamed vegetables
2 chicken breasts, sliced or diced thinly
500g puff pastry
3 tbsp Crème Fraiche
Juice of 1 lemon
Zest of 1 lemon
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
Large knob of butter
Handful of mushrooms
½ leek thinly sliced
Ground black pepper to season
1 pepper, sliced
1 egg, beaten
1.
Pre-heat the oven to 200°c / 180°c Fan / Gas mark 6
2.
In a large bowl mix the lemon juice, lemon zest and
garlic with the crème fraiche
3.
Slice (or dice) your chicken breast then stir it
into the crème fraiche mixture, season with the black pepper and leave to marinade
4.
Meanwhile heat some butter over a low heat and
gently cook the mushrooms and leeks until soft then stir them into the crème
fraiche mixture
5.
Roll out the puff pastry on a well floured
surface
6.
You want the pastry to be quite thin but big
enough to cut out 4 rectangles (your choice of size depending on who will be
eating them). As a rough guide I cut out
a 25cm x 15cm rectangle for an adult portion (then you could halve it for a
small child's portion)
7.
Once the rectangles have been cut out place them
onto a greased baking tray then spoon the mixture into the centre of each
piece of pastry and spread it out, ensuring you leave a 1cm border around the
edge
8.
Brush the beaten egg around the 1cm borders and
then pinch the corners together and fold the sides inward so as to create a
wall around the chicken mixture. Then
brush them with the beaten egg
9.
With the remaining pastry cut out 4 smaller
rectangles, brush with beaten egg and place onto a greased baking tray
10. Place
the baking trays into the oven and cook for 20 minutes
11. Once
cooked place the pastry pies onto a plate and place a plain puff pastry
rectangle on top, thus creating a lid
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