Cozy Chicken, Mushroom & Leek Pie

Finished pie

Starting white sauce

Finished pie

White sauce pre milk

Pie mixture

Mushroom and leek mixture

Pic of the puff pastry topping

Picture of everything precooked

Ingredients

Serves 4 | 1 hour prep & cook time | Approx 1,414 calories for the whole pie

• 2 sheets of puff pastry (I just used on the top, but you can line the bottom with the pastry)

• 1 -2 chicken breasts

• 1 Leek and 50g of butter for frying

• 125g white cup sliced mushrooms

• Salt and pepper

• 1 clove of garlic

For the white sauce:

• 3 Tsbp flour

• 50g butter

• 1-2 cups of milk

• 1 beaten egg for glazing

• 1 Tsp Dijon mustard

• Heart shaped cutter for shaping!

• Pastry brush for glazing the egg

Top tip: If you don’t want to make your sauce then you can use a jar mushroom or white sauce which is a great shortcut

Instructions

Step 1: Prepare

Take your pastry out to defrost ahead of cooking.

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees

• Get your baking tray out and grease with butter and set aside

• Cut your chicken breasts into medium sized chunks

• Wash your leek and remove a couple of the outers and then slice thinly, set aside

• Get your mushrooms out and slice if not pre-sliced

Step 2: Cook your chicken

• Put oil in a frying pan and get your pan to a high heat

• You want to semi cook the chicken (not all the way through), but just focus on browning it on the outside for 5 minutes and then take out the pan and set aside

Step 3: Cook the veg

• Turn the heat down to medium to low and add butter to the pan, add your leeks and mushrooms

• Cook for 2-3 minutes until soft and set aside

Step 4: Make the white sauce (skip this if using a jar sauce)

• Add your butter to a saucepan on a medium heat

• Once it starts to melt add 3 tsbp of flour and mix into a lump like pictured above

• From here, start by adding 1 cup of milk and then whisking until smooth, then add the second cup of milk and keep stirring until you get the desired consistency on a medium heat, it should be gently bubbling but not boiling. This process can take up to 10 minutes

• Add salt and pepper

• Add the Dijon mustard and then stir and turn off

Step 5: Assemble the pie

• Add the chicken, leeks and mushrooms into the base of the oven dish

• Pour over the white sauce

Step 5: Finish the pastry

• Get one sheet of the puff pastry and lay over the top of the dish pressing in the edges to keep it sealed

• Beat 1 egg in a bowl for glazing

• Get the second sheet of pastry, use the heart shaped cutter to cut hearts and assemble on top of the pastry as you like

• Brush with the egg

• Bake in the oven for approximately 20-30 minutes until the pastry is golden brown

• Serve with veggies and mashed potato