Creamy Chicken and Tarragon Puff Pastry Pie - 52 Cook Books

When I was looking through my cook books I came across the Winter Recipe Collection that my hubby bought for me quite a while ago.

 

As with a lot of my books, I look through them, find recipes that I want to try then the books get put on the shelf and I forget what I wanted to do!

 

When I was looking through the Winter Recipe Collection I came across a recipe for Creamy Chicken and Tarragon Pie.

 

I love the combination of chicken and tarragon so I knew that I would love this pie.

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Sainsbury's Winter Collection

 

However, as always, I made a few changes.

 

Starting with the pastry.

 

The recipe uses a shortcrust pastry, which I could have made but I have been looking for a dish to make where I can try making puff pastry. This is a pastry that I have never made before as it is a time consuming pastry to make. But it is something that I have wanted to try so this dish gave me the perfect opportunity!

 

I looked in the best place that I could think of for how to make puff pastry, Paul Hollywood's Pie and Puds. It has an easy, but time consuming, step by step guide on how to make and prepare the pastry. For more information on this great book follow the link below!

Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds

 

This is what I got...

 

 

Creamy Chicken and Tarragon Puff Pastry Pie

 

Ingredients

 

400g chicken breast, diced

1 tbsp olive oil

1 red onion, chopped

1 large courgette, sliced and quartered

1 large leek, sliced

2 stems of kale, shredded

2 tsp dried tarragon

500 mls chicken stock

2 tbsp plain flour

150ml half fat creme fraiche

Puff Pastry

 

Method

 

1 - Heat the olive oil and brown off the chicken. Once browned remove from the pan.

 

2 - Add the onions, leeks and courgettes to the pan and fry until cooked through then add the chicken back to the pan.

 

3 - Add the flour then gradually add the stock.

 

4 - Add the shredded kale and bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

 

5 - Preheat the oven to 200C

 

6 - Once the filling is cooked through remove from the heat and stir in the creme fraiche.

 

7 - Pour the pie filling into a pie dish and put to one side while the pastry is prepared. You may have some excess sauce, if you do keep it to one side as it makes a great sauce to pour over potatoes.

 

8 - Roll the pastry to the desired size and lay over the pie and trim off any excess pastry, pinch around the edges to seal, brush with egg wash and make a hole in the centre to let any hot air escape.

 

9 - Bake in the preheated oven for 30 - 35 minutes or until golden brown.

 

I served this delicious pie with new potatoes and poured over some of the sauce that I had left over.

This pie has a great depth of flavour, it is a really rich, creamy sauce that goes perfectly with the kitchen.

Whether you follow my recipe or the original recipe I am sure that it will go down well with all of the family. Joseph quickly asked for seconds!

Enjoy

 



 

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