Simple Way to Make Perfect Chicken, leek and mushroom pie

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken, leek and mushroom pie using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken, leek and mushroom pie:

1. Make ready 1 onion finely chopped
2. Prepare 2 cloves garlic crushed
3. Make ready 2 large chicken breasts cut into chunks
4. Get 1 leek sliced
5. Prepare 250 g mushrooms quartered
6. Prepare 1 tbsp fresh thyme
7. Get 2 bay leaves
8. Take 3 tbsp creme fraiche
9. Make ready 2 tsp Dijon mustard
10. Prepare 170 ml stock (veg or chicken)
11. Prepare 1 tsp cornflour
12. Get 1 tbsp flat leaf parsley chopped
13. Prepare 1 roll puff pastry
14. Make ready 1 egg beaten
15. Make ready Salt and pepper

Peel the potatoes and cut into approximately ¾" dice. Cut the chicken breast into approximately ½" cubes. Wash the leek very well and slice it crosswise into thin disks. Clean the mushrooms and slice them into pieces.

Steps to make Chicken, leek and mushroom pie:

1. Heat a tbsp oli over a medium heat in a heavy based pot and fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes. Then add the leek and fry for another 3-4 minutes until starting to soften.
2. Add the chunks of chicken and toss for one minute, then add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes
3. Add the bay leaves, thyme, Dijon mustard and creme fraiche and stir. Then add the stock and the cornflour dissolved in a tiny bit of water. (I had a bit of leftover broccoli which I threw in too so as not to waste it). Cool everything in the liquid for 2 minutes until the sauce thickens a little. Then transfer into a pie dish.
4. Leave the mixture to cool for 10-15 minutes and preheat the over to 180 degrees centigrade.
5. Top the pie dish and filling with the pastry. Decorate or not. Prick a few holes in the pastry to let the steam Escape and brush the top with the beaten egg (this is what makes it golden)
6. After 30 minutes in the oven (or when the pastry is beautifully golden), remove, serve and enjoy.

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