Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Chicken & leek pie - Failsafe


Ingredients:

FILLING

1 whole chicken breast, chopped
2T canola oil
1 leek, chopped
3 cloves garlic
2 sticks celery, chopped
1/2 cup pear juice
1/2 cup rice milk
2 T flour
1 T salt

TOPPING

800g potato, chopped
210g rice milk
25g nuttelex

Method

Chop garlic in TM
Add oil and leek and saute for 3 minutes
Add chicken and cook on 100, reverse speed 1 for 5 minutes
Add celery and cook on 100, reverse speed 1 for 2 minutes
Add 1/2 cup rice milk, 1/2 cup pear juice and flour and salt and cook on 100, reverse speed 1 for 2 minutes

Pour topping into pie dish.

Make topping per mashed potato instructions in TM Everyday cook book and pour on top of filling.

Bake in oven for 15 minutes.

Verdict
This was yummy - we ate all of it.
Next time cook teh celery for longer (add it earlier) as it was crunchy

Credit

This is partly inspired from a recipe in Friendly Food for chicken and leek puffs.
I also make the same mixture and serve it with pancakes
I was inspired to make a pie from a recipe on the thermomix forum. I need some lard though in order to make the puff pastry.

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