Chicken Pies
Recipe by Donna Hay from Donna Hay - Fast, Fresh, Simple
You can't go past this old favourite - the classic chicken pie.
Serves 2
Ingredients
- 2 cups (320g) coarsely chopped cooked chicken
- ¾ cup (180g) sour cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- sea salt and cracked black pepper
- 4 x 200g sheets store-bought butter puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Combine the chicken, sour cream, basil, lemon rind, mustard, salt and pepper.
- Cut 2 x 15cm x 10cm rectangles from the pastry and place on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper.
- Spoon the filling into the centre of the pastry.
- Brush just inside the edge of the pastry with the egg.
- Cut 2 x 18cm x 12cm rectangles from the remaining pastry and place over the filling.
- Gently press the edges together to seal. Brush the tops of the pies with the beaten egg.
- Bake the pies for 25–30 minutes or until pastry is puffed and golden.
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