Mccall's Chicken Pot Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
-
pastry
- 1 1⁄3 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 3 tablespoons cold shortening, cut into bits
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into bits
- 3 -4 tablespoons ice water
-
filling
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup finely diced onion
- 1 cup finely diced carrot
- 1⁄2 lb shiitake mushroom, stems discarded, caps sliced
- 1⁄3 cup tiny frozen green pea, thawed
- 2 1⁄2 cups shredded cooked chicken
-
egg wash
- 1 large egg, beaten with
- 1 teaspoon water
directions
-
Pastry:
- Mix 1 1/3 cup flour, salt and pepper in food processor. Add cold shortening and butter. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. with motor running, pour 3 T water through feed tube. Process 1 minute. Press pastry into 1/2 inch disk. Wrap in waxed paper. Chill at least 30 minutes.
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Filling:
- Melt 3 T butter. Stir in 3 T flour and thyme. Cook, till golden. Whisk in 1 1/2 broth and all the cream until thickened. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper and remove from heat. Reserve.
- Preheat oven to 350°F In large skillet, over med-high heat, melt remaining butter. Add onion; sauté 3-4 minutes. Add carrots, mushrooms and remaining 1/2 cup broth; cook stirring freq, 10-12 minutes until veggies are tender and broth has evaporated. Stir in peas, chicken, and reserved cream mixture; cook 2 minutes. Cover and keep hot over low heat.
- Roll pastry between 2 sheets wax paper to 11 inch round. Transfer filling to 10-inch deep-dish pie plate. Peel off top sheet of paper from pastry; invert pastry over top of pie plate. Peel off bottom paper; crimp pastry. Brush with egg wash. Cut vents. Bake on baking sheet 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
quixoposto
Campbell, CA (originally Iowa)