Country Chicken and Mushroom Pies

INGREDIENTS

  • Free range chicken marylands
  • To taste Salt flakes
  • To taste Freshly ground black pepper
  • 50g Unsalted butter
  • 7 Large mushrooms
  • ¼ cup Unbleached plain flour
  • 200ml Cream
  • 2 tbspn Flat leaf parsley
  • 2 tbspn Oregano
  • 2 tbspn Thyme
  • 1 batch Sour Cream Pastry

Egg wash

  • 1 Egg
  • 1/4 cup Milk
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Preheat the oven to 200C.

Season the Chicken Marylands with sea salt and pepper.

Butter a 24 centimetres x 18 centimetres baking dish. Place the seasoned chicken marylands into the baking dish, drizzle with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and put into the oven to roast for 20 minutes.

Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes, loosely covered with foil.

Meanwhile, heat the Chicken Stock over a medium high heat in a small pot.

Place a large saucepan over a high heat, add the butter and once this has turned nut brown, add a dash of Extra Virgin Olive Oil to inhibit burning. Add the mushrooms and fry for 4 to 5 minutes.

Sprinkle the flour over the mushrooms and cook for a further couple of minutes.

Gradually stir in the hot stock, then the cream. Simmer gently until the mixture has thickened.

Remove the meat from the marylands and chop in to 1 centimetre pieces, then fold through with the herbs into the mushroom mixture. Season to taste.

Refrigerate until chilled.

Make the pastry and once chilled, roll to 3 millimetre thick and cut to line greased pie dishes, leaving a ‘lip’ over the edge.

Cut out six smaller rounds – these are the pie lids.

Fill the cases with the chilled chicken mixture. Egg wash the pastry lip and seal the lids in place. Trim the pastry and score the top of each pie. Egg wash the tops of the pies and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Increase the oven temperature to 220C.

Place the pies onto a flat baking tray then place the pies into the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Reduce oven to 180C and bake for a further 5 – 10 minutes until golden brown.

Remove from the oven and serve.

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