Recipe of Ultimate Use-up Chicken & Leek Pie

Use-up Chicken & Leek Pie.

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, use-up chicken & leek pie. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have use-up chicken & leek pie using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Use-up Chicken & Leek Pie:

1. {Take of carrot, diced.
2. {Take of Salt.
3. {Make ready of frozen peas.
4. {Get of large knob butter.
5. {Take of leek, finely sliced.
6. {Take of plain flour (plus some for dusting pastry).
7. {Make ready of milk.
8. {Get of chicken stock cube (I use a Knorr Stock Pot).
9. {Take of Roast chicken, diced.
10. {Prepare of Ground black pepper.
11. {Make ready of readymade shortcrust pastry (I used JusRol chilled).

Steps to make Use-up Chicken & Leek Pie:

1. Boil the carrot in salted water, adding the peas for the last 3-4 minutes. Drain and set aside..
2. In a wok or largish frying pan fry the leek until softened in the butter. Remove from heat, stir in the flour, add the stock pot/cube and very gradually add the milk, stirring continuously to prevent lumps forming. Return to heat to thicken the sauce, still continuously stirring. Remove from heat..
3. Add the cooked vegetables and chicken and stir well to mix. Season to taste..
4. Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 6 or electric equivalent (Circotherm 170C)..
5. Split the pastry block two-thirds/one-third and grease a pastry dish..
6. Roll out the larger pastry piece and use it to line the pastry dish base. Fill with the chicken etc. Then roll out the smaller pieces and use it to top the pie. Crimp the edges to seal and make two or three small slits in the centre to allow the steam to escape..
7. Heat in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until the pie is cooked..
   
8. Serve with your choice of vegetables. We had new potatoes and French beans today. A little Dijon mustard goes well..

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