Amy Emberling, Lindsay-Jean Hard, Lee Vedder, Corynn Coscia

Zingerman’s Deli Chicken Pot Pies

Name: Zingerman’s Deli Chicken Pot Pies
Yield: makes 8 individual double-crust pies
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp water; 1 egg yolk; 1 large egg; ½ tsp fresh thyme leaves; 1 Tbsp minced fresh Italian parsley; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper; 2 tsp fine sea salt; 2 cups [280 g] steamed and diced red-skinned potatoes (½ in [12 mm] pieces); 3½ to 4 cups [450 to 500 g] roasted chicken, some shredded in 2 in [5 cm] strips and some cubed; ½ cup [120 g] heavy cream, room temperature; 2 cups [455 g] unsalted chicken stock, room temperature; ½ cup [70 g] all-purpose flour; 1 tsp minced garlic; ¼ cup [35 g] diced green bell peppers (½ in [12 mm] pieces); ⅓ cup [50 g] diced red bell peppers (½ in [12 mm] pieces); ½ cup [70 g] diced celery (½ in [12 mm] pieces); 1 cup [140 g] diced carrots (½ in [12 mm] pieces); 1 cup [170 g] diced mushrooms (½ in [12 mm] pieces); ½ cup [110 g] unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 cups [280 g] diced yellow onions (½ in [12 mm] pieces); ½ cup plus 4 tsp [135 g] water, ice cold; ½ cup plus 4 tsp [135 g] water, ice cold; 1 tsp fine sea salt; 1½ cups plus 2 Tbsp [360 g] unsalted butter, cold, diced into ¼ in [6 mm] pieces; 3¾ cups plus 2 Tbsp [545 g] all-purpose flour

Preparation info

makes
8
individual double-crust pies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Zingerman’s Bakehouse Celebrate Every Day

By Amy Emberling , Lindsay-Jean Hard , Lee Vedder and Corynn Coscia

Published 2024

About

For Pi Day, we like to do it up and eat pie for our main course too. Our friends at Zingerman’s Delicatessen make it easy for us; in the winter months, they make six different flavors. They started making them as a way to keep their kitchen staff gainfully employed during a notoriously slow time of year for restaurants. Now, pot pie season is eagerly anticipated, and the original recipe, the one we’re sharing here, is so popular that it’s now available year-round. The recipe starts with alr

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St. Patrick’s Day
Winter
Pie

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