chicken pie

from mamafami's fotopages...

Crust :

400 g flour (sifted)

200g margarine /butter

pinch of salt

7 - 8 tablespoons water (from the fridge)

Filling :

450g chicken fillet (diced)

100g Cheddar cheese (grated)

1 onion (diced)

1/2 red capsicum (diced)

3 sprig spring onion (chopped)
1 1/2 cup fresh milk

2 eggs (boiled and quartered)

1 egg (for glazing)

60g margarine

2 tablespoon oil salt and pepper

2 tbsp flour

Method :

Crust:

- Margarine + flour + salt, make into breadcrumbs.

- Add water till soft dough is formed.

- Divide into 2 portions and let it rest for at least 20 minutes

Filling :

- Heat oil and fry diced chicken fillet till cooked. Leave aside.

- Melt butter and braise onion till soft. Add in flour.

- Add fresh milk, little at a time and stir well. When it's thick, off the fire.

- Put in the cooked chicken, capsicum, spring onion, salt and pepper and grated cheese.

- Roll thin the dough for the base. Put it in the pie dish. Poke with fork.

- Bake for 20 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 180 c.

- Put half of the filling onto the baked base. Arrange the eggs and whatever you want to put in eg. boiled carrots, peas or potatos.

- Put the other half of the filling.

- Roll thin the second portion of the dough to cover the filling. Trim the edges and press with a fork to seal. Make small slits on top.

- Decorate as desired with the remaining dough.

- Brush with beaten egg and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 C for 40 - 45 minutes

My review:

i made it into small chicken pie. with this recipe i was able to make 16 small pies...lovely...the filling, i put in diced potato and mixed vegetables and cooked together with the chicken...definitely will make this again and again and again..perhaps with different fillings...