Chicken or Turkey Pot Pie
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups chicken broth or a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture of broth and apple cider or dry white wine
- 3 cups bite-size pieces cooked chicken or turkey meat
- 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon savory
- 1 tablespoon minced parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 cups thinly sliced cooked carrots
- 2 cups cooked green peas
- 1 recipe Flaky Pastry I
- 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tablespoon cold water (glaze)
- 1 1/4 cups sifted flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup vegetable shortening or lard, chilled
- 1/4 cup ice water
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over moderate heat, blend in flour, add milk and broth, and heat, stirring, until thickened.
- Add chicken and all seasonings, cover, and simmer 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Mix in carrots and peas and spoon into an ungreased 2 1/2-quart casserole about 9 in diameter.
- Prepare pastry and roll into a circle 3 larger than casserole; make 3 V-shaped steam slits near center.
- Dampen casserole rim, fit pastry on top, roll pastry edges under even with rim, and crimp to seal.
- Brush with glaze, being careful not to cover slits.
- Bake 30-40 minutes until browned and bubbly (place a sheet of foil on rack under casserole to catch drips).
- To serve, cut wedges of pastry and ladle chicken mixture on top.
- FOR THE PASTRY
- Place flour and salt in a shallow mixing bowl and cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Sprinkle water over surface, 1 tablespoon at a time, and mix in lightly and quickly with a fork, just until pastry holds together.
- Shape gently into a ball on a lightly floured pastry cloth, then flatten into a circle about 1 thick, evening up rough edges.
butter, flour, milk, chicken broth, bitesize, rosemary, savory, parsley, salt, white pepper, carrots, egg yolk, flour, salt, vegetable shortening, water
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/chicken-or-turkey-pot-pie (may not work)