Serves: 6, Calories: 799, Time: 4 hrs
Ingredients
Pastry:
- 350g plain flour. 1368
- 175g butter. 1502
- 2-3 tbsp cold water
- Salt and Pepper
Filling:
- 3 chicken breasts, diced. 750
- 400g floury potatoes, peel, cubed. 324
- 1 large carrot (200g), sliced. 82
- 1 large onion, diced. 75
- 2 celery sticks, halved. 12
- 100ml port. 146
- 100g red currant jelly. 260
- 750ml Chicken Stock (2 Knorr stock pots). 120
- Salt and Pepper
- 45g plain flour - slurry. 154
Method
- Filling: In sauté pan; Brown chicken. 15 mins.
- Add onion, carrot, celery, stock, port and jelly. Boil. Lower heat. Cover.
- Simmer. Reduce for 40 mins. Season.
- Meanwhile, In large saucepan; Boil potatoes for 15 mins until firm tender. Drain.
- Stir slurry into chicken pan. Simmer for 2-3 mins until thickened. Remove celery.
- Add potatoes to chicken, plus additional boiled water to level required. Cool a little.
- Preheat oven to 200°C Fan/Gas Mark 7.
- Pastry: In large mixing bowl; Rub flour and butter to breadcrumbs. Bring together with water.
- Divide into two balls, one slightly larger.
- Flatten and wrap in plastic, chill for 30 mins minimum.
- Roll large ball to 3mm. Line 9" pie dish. Trim a little.
- Roll smaller ball to 3mm. Add filling to dish (saving some gravy for serving), milk wash edge, cover with pie top.
- Crimp, cut vents, wash with milk.
- Bake for 20 mins then turn oven to 180°C. Bake for 30 mins covered with foil. Remove foil and bake for approx 30 mins more until filling bubbles through vents.
- Remove. Cool for 1 hour. Serve with peas.
Calories = 4793
- 4793 / 6 = 799 (less when accounting for pastry offcuts)
Alternatively: Halve pastry to make lid only, reducing cals by 239 per portion = 560 cals.
Tip: To make sure pie is cooked, allow 10 mins more baking time, after filling starts to bubble through vents.