Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients
- For the dough
- 180 grams Pastry flour
- salt
- 1 egg
- 120 grams butter
- Pastry flour (for the work surface)
- For the filling
- 1 onion
- ½ stalk Leeks
- 1 Red Bell pepper
- 1 chili pepper
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 thyme
- 1 rosemary
- 1 chicken (1,2 kg)
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
- ground paprika (sweet)
- 60 grams smoked Pancetta (in slices)
- 1 Tbsp Canola oil
- 50 grams black Olives
- 4 Cherry tomatoes
- 1 Tbsp Caper (From a jar)
- 150 milliliters dry white wine
- 300 milliliters Chicken broth
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 egg
Preparation steps
For the dough: Mound up flour on a work surface, adding a pinch of salt. Make a well in the center. Add the egg and distribute the butter in small pieces to the well. With hands, rapidly kneed to a smooth dough, form into a ball and wrapped in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Peel and cut the onion into 8 pieces. Rinse and cut the leek into large pieces. Rinse the peppers and cut them in half, remove ribs and seeds and roughly chop. Rinse the chile and cut lengthwise. Scrape out the seeds and dice into small pieces. Peel the garlic and finely dice. Rinse the herbs, shake dry and chop finely. Rinse cherry tomatoes.
Rinse the chicken, pat it dry and cut into 8 pieces. Rub with salt, pepper and paprika. Dice the bacon and add it to the pan. Add 1 tablespoon oil and fry the chicken untill it is brown on all sides. Remove the chicken and bacon and set aside. Add vegetables and herbs and fry for about 2 minutes. Return chicken pieces and bacon. Add the olives, tomatoes and capers. Add the wine and the broth and deglaze. Season with oregano and salt and pepper to taste. simmer about 15 minutes over medium heat. Put the mixture in a pie dish.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (approximately 350°F). Separate the egg.
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to the size of the pie dish and form an ornament from the remaining pastry. Place the pastry lid on the stew and press the edges firmly to the pie dish. With a knife, trim edges of dough and crimp as desired. Brush with egg yolk. Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. Remove and serve.
