Chicken and Wine Pie
- 1 stick Butter
- 8 Tablespoons Flour
- 1/2 cups Whole Milk
- 1- 1/2 cup Chicken Stock
- 1/2 cups Dry White Wine
- 18 teaspoons Salt
- 18 teaspoons White Pepper
- 1 pinch Ground Saffron (not Threads)
- 4 whole Chicken Breasts, Boiled And Diced
- 2 whole Pie Shells And Extra Pastry For Lattice Top
- 1.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- 2.
- In a sauce pan, melt the butter.
- Add the flour and stir together.
- Cook until a roux is formed.
- (The mixture should resemble wet sand and smell slightly nutty.)
- 3.
- Remove from heat and stir in the milk.
- Blend thoroughly with a wire whisk.
- 4.
- Return to heat and slowly cook, occasionally stirring with the whisk, until the flour and milk create a thick sauce.
- 5.
- Add stock, wine, salt, pepper, and saffron and continue to cook until the gravy thickens.
- Remove from heat.
- 6.
- Place the boiled, cubed chicken in a large bowl, add gravy, and mix thoroughly.
- 7.
- Divide mixture among the two pie shells and arrange strips of pastry in a lattice on top.
- 8.
- Bake at 350 degrees F until pastry is golden brown, approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/chicken-and-wine-pie/ (may not work)