Chicken Pot Pie

I found the pot pie recipe first and then searched for a pot pie dough recipe, so they are separate.




POT PIE Dough

2 cups of flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp butter
3/4 cup of water

Mix dry ingredients, blend in butter, add eggs and water to make a soft dough. Roll out about 1/4 thick.

MINI VERDICT

While this recipe was simple the dough needed a lot of flour added to it to make it not too sticky, which of course had the extra downfall of making the dough quite tough and heavy.

CHICKEN POT PIE

INGREDIENTS

*1 cup potato, diced
*1 cup chopped onion
*1 cup celery, diced
*1 cup chopped carrot
*1/3 cup melted margarine
*1/2 cup all-purpose flour
*2 cups chicken broth
*1 cup half-and-half
*1 teaspoon salt
*1/4 teaspoon pepper
*4 cups of chopped, cooked chicken
*2 pie crusts (or dough made from recipe)

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 400F/200C.

2. Saute onion, celery, carrots and potatoes in butter for ten minutes.

3. Add flour to sauted mixture, stirring well. Cook one minute, stirring constantly.

4. Combine broth and half and half.

5. Gradually stir into vegetable mixture.

6. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened and bubbly.

7. Stir in salt and pepper; add chicken and stir well.

8. Pour into shallow 2 quart casserole dish and top with pie shells.

9. Cut slits to allow steam to escape.

10. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly and cooked through.

VERDICT

The dough recipe was really disappointing, so if I was to make this dish again, I would find another one to try. The actual filling recipe, however was really quite yummy - creamy, full of flavour and looked exactly as you would expect chicken pot pie to look (unless you are used to the more liquidy version). Be warned that the filling recipe does make a lot. So you might want to reserve some to have with rice or similar on another day.

Score: 75/100 (maybe higher with a different dough recipe)

N.B. If you can't find half and half you can substitute it with the following: 1 tablespoon of butter, melted plus milk to equal one cup.