Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy chicken, ham and leek pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The Hairy Bikers' chicken and ham pie is simple comfort food at its best - like a big warm hug on a cold day. This hearty creamy pie is brought to you from Alastair Hendy's Home Cook. Season lightly, then stir in the mushrooms and cook for a couple more minutes, stirring occasionally.
Creamy Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Creamy Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have creamy chicken, ham and leek pie using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie:
- Get Filling
- Make ready 2 Large chicken breasts
- Make ready 2 Leeks, washed and sliced
- Make ready 50 grams Plain flour
- Prepare 450 ml Chicken stock
- Take 2 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
- Make ready 150 ml Double cream
- Make ready 200 ml Milk
- Get 150 grams Carved ham
- Prepare 3 tbsp White wine
- Prepare 1 Salt, to taste
- Get 1 Pepper, to taste
- Prepare 25 grams Butter, for frying the leeks
- Get 50 grams Butter
- Get Pastry
- Get 350 grams Plain flour
- Take 200 grams Butter or Lard
- Make ready 1 Large egg, beaten
- Prepare 1 Egg, beaten, to glaze
Feast on a range of pies where chicken is teamed with mushroom, ham, leek and other tasty fillings. Golden brown pastry and a creamy chicken, leek and bacon filling make this a real feast for friends and family. This creamy chicken pie recipe with leeks, bacon and thyme is a hearty classic. It can be frozen if made in advance.
Instructions to make Creamy Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie:
- For the pastry, in a bowl, mix together the flour and butter until fine breadcrumbs are formed.
- Add the egg and mix until a ball of dough is formed. Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge to cool.
- In a pan, add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add the chicken breasts and reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes.
- In a separate pan, melt 25g of the butter and add the sliced leeks. On a low heat, fry for 2 minutes, then add the garlic and cook a further 1 minute. Tip into a bowl and put aside.
- Remove the chicken breasts from the stock pan and put on a plate. Pour 200ml of stock into a jug and put to one side.
- In a pan, melt the remaining 50g butter. Once melted, add 50g of flour and stir constantly. This will form small, dough like balls. Add the milk slowly, stirring well between additions. Slowly add the 200ml stock and wine and cook on low heat for 3 minutes, stirring. Remove from heat and stir in the cream. Once done, place in a bowl and cover the surface with cling film to prevent a skin forming.
- Preheat the oven to 200c/180c Fan/Gas 6. Remove the pastry from the fridge and split into 2 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out so that the pastry is a few cm bigger than the pie dish. Place in the dish and push down to remove any airbubbles.
- Chop the chicken into small chunks and add to the leeks. Stir in the sauce and add salt and pepper to taste. Place the mixture into the pie dish. Roll out the second portion of pastry. Beat an egg and brush around the pie edge. Place the pastry pie lid on top and slice carefully around the edge to remove any excess. Pinch around the edge and glaze with egg wash. Pierce a hole in the centre of the pie with a small knife.
- Cook in the centre of the oven for 35-40 minutes. Enjoy!
A classic creamy chicken and leek pie always hits the spot. Spray pan with a little more oil and add leek, thyme and garlic. Pleat each sheet (by lightly scrunching with your hands) and place over filling to cover pie completely. And certainly any seasonal vegetable: in the summer, fresh corn and leeks would be wonderful; in the fall or winter, I might even go with hearty greens and gruyere. You could easily make this recipe vegetarian simply by omitting the ham and adding another vegetable that you.
So that’s going to wrap it up with this exceptional food creamy chicken, ham and leek pie recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I am confident you can make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
