Chicken, Bacon and Leek Pie
Relish Hellers’ chicken, bacon and leek pie, featuring savoury middle eye bacon and tender chicken in a creamy sauce. This hearty, no-fuss pie is perfect with buttery mashed potatoes for a comforting, satisfying meal.
Ingredients
- 30g butter
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 leeks washed and sliced into rounds
- 200g Hellers Danish middle eye bacon finely chopped
- 2 fresh thyme
- 200g crème fraiche
- 200ml chicken stock
- 1 tbsp cornflour + 2 tbsp cold water whisked together
- 1 lemon (zested)
- 1tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 pack Hellers shredded chicken
- 2 puff pastry sheets + egg wash
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Preheat oven to 200C and grease a 20cm round casserole dish.
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In a large fry pan, heat the butter and oil. Sauté the leeks for 10 mins. And then the <a href="/product/free-range-danish-middle-eye">bacon</a> for 5 mins.
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Add the thyme, crème fraiche and chicken stock then simmer.
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Stir in the cornflour water until sauce thickens (about 5 mins).
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Add the lemon zest, mustard and chicken. Simmer for 5 mins. Then season to taste.
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Cut out the puff pastry into a circle slightly bigger than the pie dish. Then egg wash.
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Pour the pie mix into the dish and seal the pastry lid by crimping the edges.
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Bake for 20 mins or until the pastry is golden and flaky.
Finish off with a big dollop of buttery mashed potato.
Free Range Danish Middle Eye Bacon
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250g Pack
