Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, leftover chicken and ham pie. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Anytime you find yourself with leftover chicken, consider it a blessing. You can certainly go for a second round of last night's dinner, but the wonderful thing about this mild-mannered meat is that it's so easy to repurpose it into an entirely different meal. It doesn't matter what cut you have handy.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leftover chicken and ham pie using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie:
- Make ready Pastry
- Take EITHER 375g Shop-Bought Puff Pastry
- Take OR 125g Plain Flour
- Get 125 g Unsalted Butter (Room temp, cubed)
- Take 75 ml Cold Water
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Get Filling
- Get 320 g Leftover Cooked Chicken (shredded)
- Prepare 90 g Leftover Cooked Ham/Bacon (chopped)
- Make ready 30 g Unsalted Butter
- Get 35 g Plain Flour
- Make ready 300 ml Chicken Stock
- Make ready 125 ml Double Cream
- Get 4 Chestnut or Button Mushrooms (diced)
- Make ready 2 Spring Onions (finely chopped)
- Take 1 tbsp Mixed Herbs
- Make ready 1 Egg Yolk (beaten)
If you have a pie funnel, put it in the middle of the filling. The Best Leftover Chicken Ham Recipes on Yummly Choucroute Garni, Ham And Sweet Potato Pot Pie, Ham & Cabbage Soup. I had leftover chicken from my roast chicken that we had the other day so I used some of that.
Steps to make Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie:
- Preheat oven to 180c fan/350f/gas 4. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. If making pastry, proceed to step 4 before starting to make the filling. If using shop bought pastry, start at step 2.
- Melt the butter on medium heat in a saucepan then beat in the flour. Cook this for a minute or two to cook out the flour taste a little. Add the stock and whisk constantly for 2-3 minutes until thickened then whisk in the cream.
- Fold in the spring onions and mushrooms and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the chicken, bacon, and cream and sprinkle in the herbs. Season to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
- HOME MADE PASTRY, START HERE!! Rub the butter into the flour using fingertips until all the flour has turned pale yellow but there are still chunks of butter larger than breadcrumbs. Stir in the flour. Use a wooden spoon to very gradually mix in the water until it starts to form together. Very quickly press the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry into a 30 x 33 cm rectangle. Cut this rectangle in half lengthways and place one half onto the prepared baking tray. Gently fold the other pastry in half and make cuts in the folded side about 1cm apart, leaving a 1cm border.
- Spoon the cooled filling onto the pastry on the tray, leaving a 1cm border of pastry around the edges. Open the folded pastry back out and gently place it over the filling. Crimp all around the edges with a fork.
- Brush the top of the pastry with the egg yolk. Sprinkle the top of the pastry with more mixed herbs and black pepper (optional).
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until puffed up and golden brown.
- Enjoy!!
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