Name: Bee’s famous chicken pie
Cook time: 95 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Bee’s famous chicken pie; 1 size 12 free-range chicken; 3 tablespoon olive oil; pinch of salt and black pepper; 1 leek; 4 clove garlic, crushed; 50 gram butter; 50 gram flour; 300 millilitre milk; 1 cup frozen peas; 1 tablespoon dijon mustard; 2 sheets puff pastry; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon milk; tomato relish, to serve (for recipe, see below); Tomato relish (makes 1 cup); 1 small onion, finely diced; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 1 tin whole peeled tomatoes; 1 sprig rosemary, leaves picked; 1 tablespoon honey; pinch of salt and pepper

Ingredients

Bee’s famous chicken pie

1 size 12 free-range chicken

3 tablespoon olive oil

pinch of salt and black pepper

1 leek

4 clove garlic, crushed

50 gram butter

50 gram flour

300 millilitre milk

1 cup frozen peas

1 tablespoon dijon mustard

2 sheets puff pastry

1 egg

1 tablespoon milk

tomato relish, to serve (for recipe, see below)

Tomato relish (makes 1 cup)

1 small onion, finely diced

2 clove garlic, crushed

1 tin whole peeled tomatoes

1 sprig rosemary, leaves picked

1 tablespoon honey

pinch of salt and pepper

Method

Bee’s famous chicken pie

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, then rub with 2 tbsp olive oil and season.

2.Place chicken in a roasting dish and roast for 1 hour or until juices run clear. Allow to cool slightly before removing skin and picking off all the meat. Keep the chicken carcass to make stock.

3.Thinly slice the leek, rinse and saute in a large saucepan until soft. Set aside.

4.Saute garlic in butter until soft. Stir in flour and cook over medium heat for 1 minute. Gradually pour in milk, stirring well.

5.Cook for a further 1-2 minutes to thicken sauce. Add leek, chicken meat, peas and mustard, stirring well.

6.Spray a large pie dish with cooking spray and lay a sheet of pastry on the bottom. Spoon in chicken mix. Whisk together egg and 1 tbsp milk to make egg wash. Lay the second sheet of pastry over the top and press the two sheets together around the edges. Prick the top with a fork and brush with egg wash. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

7.Serve with homemade tomato relish and rocket leaves.

Tomato relish

8.Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and place over a medium heat.

9.Simmer for 15 minutes or until the sauce has reduced by about one third.

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Bee’s famous chicken pie

Tomato relish

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