Main courses
Chicken & Ham pie
Serves 6-8
Prep Time
40 mins
Cooking TIme
40 mins
Ingredients
- For the filling:
- 500g Skinless & Boneless Chicken Thighs, diced
- 150g Thick Cut Cooked Ham, diced
- 2 Leeks, slice 2 cm thick
- 2 tbsp Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Mustard Powder
- 300ml Chicken Stock
- 200ml Semi Skimmed Milk
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- Handful of fresh thyme, finely chopped
- For the pastry:
- 100g Kerrygold® Irish Creamery Butter 227g
- 220g Plain Flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1-2 tbsp Cold Water
- To glaze:
- 1 Egg, beaten
Directions
Preheat the oven to 200C Fan.
- In a heavy bottomed frying pan heat the olive oil before frying the diced chicken thighs over a medium high heat until beginning to brown. Add the torn/diced ham along with the leeks and saute for a further 2-3 minutes.
- Stir through the plain flour and mustard powder and cook out for 2 minutes before pouring in the stock gradually whilst stirring followed by the milk. Simmer on medium for 5 minutes until thickened, stir through the thyme and set aside.
- In a food processor or using fingertips crumble the butter, flour and salt together until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, add a little water at a time until it comes together to form a dough. Leave to rest in the fridge for 5 minutes.
- Pour the chicken and ham filling into a suitable pie dish or oven tray. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to the thickness of a pound coin. Lay the pastry over the filling pinching the edges against the walls of the tray. Cut a steam vent in the centre and glaze with the beaten egg. Bake for 30-40 mins until bubbling and golden.
