Chicken Pie with Feta
- 2 pounds, 3-13 ounces, weight Skinless Chicken Fillet
- 2 cups, 1 tablespoon, 2 teaspoons, 7-18 pinches Chicken Stock
- 4- 1/4 ounces, weight Butter, Divided
- 2 whole Spring Onions
- 2-18 ounces, weight Flour
- 8 tablespoons, 1 teaspoon, 5-78 pinches Milk
- 8 whole Sheets Of Filo Patrsy (30x40 Cm)
- 7 ounces, weight Feta Cheese, Crumbled
- 1 Tablespoon Chopped Dill
- 1 Tablespoon Chopped Chives
- 1/4 teaspoons Grated Nutmeg
- 1 whole Egg (lightly Whisked)
- 1.
- Cut the chicken in cubes.
- Bring the stock to the boil on a high heat.
- Turn the heat down and poach the chicken for 10-12 minutes in the stock.
- Remove the chicken from the pan.
- Add water to the stock so you have 500 ml of stock again.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- 2.
- Melt half of the butter (60 gr) and fry the spring onion for 5 minutes on a low heat.
- Add the flour and fry this for 30 seconds.
- Remove the pan from the heat and gradually add the stock and the milk.
- Keep stirring.
- Put the pan back on the heat and bring to the boil while you keep stirring the sauce.
- Let simmer and reduce for a few minutes and remove from the heat.
- 3.
- Brush one side of 4 of the filo pastry sheets using the remaining 60 grams butter (melted) and lay them in an oven tray (4x18x25cm).
- Let the pastry fall over the edges.
- Cover the rest of the filo pastry with a damp teacloth so it doesnt dry out.
- 4.
- Add the chicken, feta, dill, chives, nutmeg and the egg to the sauce and mix.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Put the mixture in the oven tray.
- Fold the edges of the pastry over the filling and lay the other 4 sheets over them.
- Brush each sheet with melted butter before adding them to the dish.
- Press the corners down.
- Brush the top with some butter.
- 5.
- Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes.
- If you prefer, you can substitute puff pastry for the filo pastry.
- If you do that, bake for 15 minutes on 220 degrees C followed by 30 minutes on 180 degrees C.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/chicken-pie-with-feta/ (may not work)