My friends have been asking me how to make chicken pie.. I've been wanting to make as well.. so. today, i decided to make .. chicken mushroom pie..
remember yesterday, i bought a mushroom sauce powder thing... yeah...

ok.. the crust is from Nigella's How to be a Domestic Goddess.. well i bet the crust recipe must have been in all her books cause it seemed foolproof.. and tasty..

for the pastry:
2 large egg yolks
1 heaped teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon cold water
250g flour
35g Trex or shortenning, spooned out
90g cold unsalted butter, diced

for the filling: (not in the book, just came up with it)
200g chicken, peeled into slices
1 cup frozen mixed vege (peas, corn and carrots)
sauce (u can use white sauce or chicken sauce, i used mushroom)
4 button mushroom, sliced

Put flour in a shalow bowl, add the cold, diced fats and stir gently to coat. Put in the deep freeze - no need to cover - for 10 minutes. As you do so, put liquid in a bowl or cup with a pinch of salt and transfer to the fridge. Either in a processor or - for choice - in a freestanding mixer with flat paddle, blend the fats and flour until u have a mixture that resembles sandy porridge. Then, gradually process or paddle in the liquid until the pastry is almost coming together. Use your hands now to form it into a disc or couple of discs, wrap in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge for 20 mintues before rolling out.

Amazingly, it can roll out easily, and it doesnt break up or anything when i lift the whole piece up to cover on the baking dish.

For the sauce, cook the sauce as it's written on the can / packet, depending on what kinda sauce u use. but for a tip, dont make it too watery. make sure it's abit thick, right. Then add in the mixed veges and chicken and mushroom, stir well. Pour out into a butttered baking dish.

Cover the top with the crust. Bake at 190 C for 30 mins.


thats the new baking dish i bought from ikea.


ok. the sauce was a bit watery / soupy.. it started boiling inside the oven.. maybe because the filling was too full..


anyway, the crust was fantastic. but the sauce disappointed me.. maybe i should use cream of chicken or mushroom.. well.. why not..


have a great mid week

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 08:48 pm by Swee San