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30 min
for
4
people
Tamara West
By
Kathy Paterson
Food writer and stylist.
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Ingredients
| 50 g | Butter |
| 180 g | Button mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced |
| ¼ cup | Flour |
| 1 ¼ cups | Chicken stock |
| ½ cup | Creme fraiche |
| 2 cups | Chicken, chopped cooked meat (Main) |
| ½ cup | Ham, off the bone, chopped |
| 2 | Spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped |
| 2 Tbsp | Parsley, chopped |
| 2 Tbsp | Chives, chopped |
| 2 sheets | Butter puff pastry, slightly thawed |
| 1 | Egg, lightly beaten |
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Directions
- Heat the oven to 180C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Melt 25g of the butter in a heavy-based saucepan over a low heat. Add the mushrooms and cook until soft and any juices have evaporated. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Add the remaining butter and melt, then stir in the flour and cook until a pale golden colour. Add the chicken stock and cook for a further 2-3 minutes, stirring or whisking continuously until the sauce is thick. Add the crème fraiche and cook for a further 1 minute. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and set aside to cool completely. Once cold stir through the mushrooms, chicken, ham, spring onion and herbs.
- Lightly flour the bench top and place pastry sheets one on top of the other. Roll out the pastry to a rectangle, about 30cm x 33cm. Using a large sharp knife, cut the pastry in half. Place 1 half on the lined baking tray and pile on the chicken mixture, leaving a 2cm border. Brush border with the egg wash.
- Fold the remaining pastry in half lengthwise and again use a large sharp knife to make cuts in the folded side, 1cm apart and leaving a 2cm border on the unfolded side and ends. Carefully open the pastry out and place over the filling, pressing the edges well to seal. Trim if necessary.
- Brush pastry top with the egg wash. Chill pie in the refrigerator for 20 minutes if time allows. Place pie in the oven and cook for 25-30 minutes until well browned and the filling is bubbling hot.
- Serve with steamed green vegetables or a green salad.
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