| | Published October 27th, 2010
| Chilly Weather Chicken Pot Pie
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Makes one 9-10 inch pie or about 6-8 smaller individual ramekins
Ingredients
1 recipe basic pastry for 9-inch shell (recipe below)
Filling
6 tablespoons of butter
6 tablespoons of flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup of heavy cream
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2-1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
4 cups of cubed cooked chicken breast
24 small pearl onions, cooked and skins removed (approximately 1/2 of a 10-oz. bag, can be red, yellow or white)
3/4 cup carrots, cut into large dice and cooked
3/4 cup celery, cut into large dice and cooked
3/4 cup potatoes, cut into large dice and cooked (I use Peruvian purple potatoes for fun)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 425F.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper and cook over medium heat (keep stirring), for 2 to 3 minutes or until browned. Slowly whisk in the broth, cream, and wine. Continue to cook for 5 minutes, until thickened and smooth. Mix chicken and veggies in a large bowl then pour gravy mixture over and stir well. Spoon mixture into a well-greased deep-pie dish or casserole. Place the prepared pie crust over the top, allowing enough to hang over the edges to be crimped. Cut vents in the crust to allow the steam to escape. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the crust is nicely browned.
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Pie Crust
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Ingredients
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cubes unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small cubes
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1/4-1/2 cup ice water
Directions
Mix flour and salt in a large bowl. With a pastry cutter, or fingers, crumble butter into flour until well integrated. Sprinkle cider vinegar over mixture and stir in well with a fork. Add ice-cold water, a little at a time and blend with fork until dough is moist enough to roll into a ball, but not too wet. Roll into one large ball for the pie crust and a smaller ball to use for patching your crust, or cinnamon roll ups for snacking!
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA