Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients list for Chicken Pot Pie

• boneless chicken cut into small cubes
• for dusting Refined flour (maida) 2 tablespoons +
• as required Puff pastry dough
• + for greasing Oil 1 tablespoon
• 1 tablespoon Butter
• 1 medium Onion finely chopped
• 1 small Carrot cut into small cubes
• to taste Salt
• to taste Crushed black peppercorns
• 4-5 Thyme sprigs
• 1½ cup Chicken stock

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180° C. Grease a baking tray with some oil and dust with some flour.
2. Dust the worktop with some flour, place the dough and roll out to make a thick sheet.
3. Cut the sheet into roundels with a medium sized cookie cutter, dork with a fork and place on the greased tray. Place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan. Add butter and chicken and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add onion and carrot and sauté for 1 minute.
5. Add salt, crushed peppercorns and 2 tablespoons flour, mix and cook for 1 minute. Add thyme and mix. Add chicken stock, mix and cook till the chicken is done and the mixture thickens.
6. Pour the chicken mixture into individual ramekin moulds, place one baked pie shell on top and serve immediately.