Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie

Name: Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 4-5
Ingredients: 1 shallot or small white onion, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 leeks, trimmed and cut into 1cm rounds; 200 ml chicken stock; 2 tbsp crème fraíche (or soy / oat cream); 1 punnet of mushrooms (about 200g), sliced; 100ml white wine; 2 cloves garlic, finely sliced; 2 tbsp picked tarragon leaves; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; juice of ½ lemon; 400 g cooked chicken, torn into bitesize pieces (this is roughly ½ a medium roast chicken); 1 x 320 g packet of ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry (if dairy or gluten-free, use thinly sliced potatoes instead); 200 g peas (about 2 big handfuls); 1 free-range egg, beaten; pinch of fennel seeds

Preparation info

Serves
4-5

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

The Organised Cook

By Amelia Freer

Published 2022

About

There is something supremely cosy and nostalgic about a pastry-topped pie, but if you’d prefer to leave the pastry out then it works just as well with thinly sliced (or mashed) white or sweet potatoes instead. If you opt for shop-bought puff pastry, look out for one made with all butter and recognisable ingredients on the label. Dorset Pastry is my favourite. This is delicious served with a crispy salad. If you don’t like tarragon, you can use parsley instead.

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Gluten-free
Pie

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