Kitchen Diary

Good morning Blogland from a hot steamy kitchen…..yes, I am busy, have been since early this morning but thought I just had to take a break & pop in to tell you about the pie that I made the other night. I was going to blog about it sooner but then one of our new bloggers
Debsie
wrote in her very first entry that she was making chicken pie that night and blogging about it the next day….so great minds think alike and browniegirl had chicken pie the same night but thought I would let Debsie blog her pie and I would wait. Finally, here is the pie……..as you know I made pastry for my Nutella Love Bites earlier in Feb and I only made a few and froze the rest of the pastry. So it was that pastry that I used for this chicken pie. It was totally delicious. Mr Moo had two meals out of it and declared it a winner and keeper….so, without further ado……………

MOO’S YUMMY CHICKEN PIE

Serves 4
Pastry from Moo’s Nutella Love Bites recipe
recipe previously blogged here

4 Chicken Breast Fillets – cubed1 carrot, finely diced
1  Celery stalk – finely chopped

6 Brown Mushrooms – thinly sliced
1 onion, chopped

1 Garlic Clove – finely grated

Few sprigs of fresh Thyme – leaves removed and stalks discarded

Pinch of Dried Tarragon
½ tsp Freshly Cracked Black Pepper

Salt for seasoning
Glug of Olive Oil & Knob of Butter

125ml Verjuice or White Wine

50ml Cream

1 Egg – lightly beaten for glazing

Method:

Saute the onion in the oil until limp & translucent

Add the carrots & celery & continue sautéing for 3 more minutes

Add the butter to the pan, then add the mushrooms, thyme, tarragon, black pepper & garlic  -  you might want to sneak in a bit of chilli here too )

Stir-fry until the mushrooms are limp

Remove from pan with slotted spoon & set aside

Add the chicken cubes and brown them quickly in the left over pan juices

Pour in the wine or verjuice, scrape all the bits loose from bottom of the pan, add the onions mixture & continue simmering for about 15 minutes. You might need to add a bit of water as you want a little gravy for your pie but not too much

Pour in the cream, season to taste with salt & more pepper if needed & heat through

Allow to cool while you roll out your dough and line the bottom of a medium sized oven dish – reserve just under half the dough for the topping

Fill your pastry lined dish with your chicken filling

Roll out the rest of the pasty to fit over the top, scrunch the edges together to seal completely, cut a slit in the middle right through the top pastry for steam to escape as the pie cooks

Brush the top with the beaten egg

Place in the preheated oven at 200⁰C for 20 minutes until the pastry is puffy and golden

Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 10 minutes before cutting into slices and serving with mashed potato or chips and lightly steamed vegetables

This pie really turned out well, the pastry was fantastic and is a worthy contender for becoming a regular addition to any table. I will always have some of the pastry in the freezer from now on. 

Enjoy & have a fantastic weekend everyone…..
mine is busy with Jay’s christening & 1st birthday party…..I am off to the kitchen to continue my baking spree…and the icing…..oh dear!!! Grab a pain pill on the way )
browniegirl xxx

And then……for my cat loving friends………….

My sis in law’s huge cats….we visited last weekend & they allowed me to take their photographs…….

Edit

Sheesh some bloggers get agitated when they don’t get their daily Kitchen Diary fix…..apologies to
 half-pint
for messing with her Karma……I hope this post satisfies you Halfy…..

I also wanted to mention my SASSI badge on the right…….firstly thankyou so much to

DT

for assisting with the code….I really do appreciate it, especially with her having so much on her plate at the moment. My prayers are with you all…….Mwah!!

If anyone would like to display the badge please let me know and I will give the code. I changed the original a bit to make it smaller for bandwidth purposes….

OK, for those who had a problem with the cheesecake at the top of this posting….just under the heading of chicken pie……….I’ve moved it to the bottom LOL!!!

I made this delicious cheesecake, with pomegranate topping,  for my sister’s Valentine’s Dinner,
I want that beautiful cake stand please……….. )

browniegirl xxx