Name: Chicken pie with ham and mushroom
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Can Be Frozen
Ingredients: 2 kg chicken skinned and deboned; 250 ml stock chicken; 250 ml wine white; 30 ml garlic cloves, chopped; 5 ml salt; 5 ml freshly ground black pepper; 200 g ham Gypsy; 2 onions finely chopped; 250 g button mushrooms quartered; 250 ml fresh parsley chopped; 250 g butter; 250 ml flour; 500 ml stock chicken; 250 ml sour cream; 500 ml milk; 400 g puff pastry; 1 eggs egg wash

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Ingredients (17)

2 kg	chicken — skinned and deboned
250 ml	stock — chicken
250 ml	wine — white
30 ml	garlic — cloves, chopped
5 ml	salt
5 ml	freshly ground black pepper
200 g	ham — Gypsy
2	onions — finely chopped
250 g	button mushrooms — quartered
250 ml	fresh parsley — chopped

Sauce:

250 g	butter
250 ml	flour
500 ml	stock — chicken
250 ml	sour cream
500 ml	milk
400 g	puff pastry
1	eggs — egg wash

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Method:

Preheat oven to 200°C. Heat the chicken stock, wine, garlic, salt and pepper in a pot and add the chicken breasts to the stock.

Poach for about 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked. Remove chicken from the pot, pour the stock in a jug, but keep it for the sauce.

Cut chicken into smaller pieces and mix with ham, onions, mushrooms and parsley (take note that the mushrooms, onions and parsley must be raw) in a mixing bowl.

Melt the butter in the same pot that you have used for the chicken, over medium heat and add all the flour and stir for 1 minute.

Add the chicken stock, the milk and the sour cream and stir until you have a rich creamy sauce. Add the chicken and other ingredients to the sauce and mix through.

Transfer mixture to a big pie dish and cool slightly. Roll out the pastry and cut a “lid” big enough to cover the pie.

Place on top of the filling, make a little steam hole in the middle of the pie and brush with egg-wash.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the pie is golden brown.

Serve with steamed broccoli, some boiled potatoes or a simple green salad.

Reprinted
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