Homemade Chicken Pie
Homemade Chicken Pie
For the Pastry (Short
Cut Pastry Method)
1
2/3 cups pastry flour/plain flour
56.7g
or ¼ cup vegetable shortening (cut to small portion)
85
g Unsalted butter (cold)
4
tbsp. cold water, lightly salted water
1
egg, beaten with a pinch of salt for glazing
For Filling
½
roasted chicken (remove the flesh and strip into small bites)
Green
peas, amount according to you
Carrot
cut into small cubes, amount according to you
½
half big white onion, chopped
1
tbsp. Vegetable oil for frying
½
cup water or more
Salt
& pepper to taste
Corn
flour mix with water as sauce thickening
Method
Filling
1.
Heat oil in pan and
fry the chopped onion till aroma. Add in water carrot & green pea till
slightly soft.
2.
Add in chicken flesh
and mix well. Season with salt & pepper. Add in more water if turn dry.
Thicken the sauce with corn flour mix with water. Keep aside till cooled.
How to make pastry
1.
Put flour, vegetable
shortening, cut cool butter and toss them in the flour in a mixer bowl. Keep in
the freezer for 10-15 minutes.
2.
Use KA mixer fix
with flat beater. Slowly mix the flour at speed 2 till mixture crumble texture
and slowly add in the salted cold water until the dough come together.(Add a
little more water if needed)
3.
Divide the dough
into 2 equal size dough’s. Wrap with plastic wrap and leave in refrigerator for
30 minutes. Preheat oven at 190C.
4.
Prepare baking tin,
flour the surface and rolling pin. Remove dough from fridge. Roll the dough
into thin square that will fit the baking tin.
5.
Put the cool filling
on top of the dough sheet.
6.
Now roll out the
second dough that can cover the whole 1st dough. Place the dough on
top and press the edge together to seal. Then get a fork and press the edge and
pock air holes on top of the pastry. Then brush with beaten egg to glaze.
7.
Bake in oven at 190C
for 20-25 minutes or till golden brown and bottom must also be brown.
8.
Remove, slightly
cool before cutting and serve with salads.
Tips
Pastry
can make one day ahead and the filling too.
You
can use loose base pie tin.
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