Chicken Pot Pies

Chicken Pot Pie is a classic American food.I have chosen this dish as my first dish from WORLD'S KITCHEN for Christmas dinner but with little changes and equally delicious. The alteration I made here is as per our taste and palette. So here it goes....

Ingredients:
1 Large onion, chopped
1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
1 large potato, boiled & mashed
50 Gms plain flour
2 chicken breast, diced into chunks
salt n black pepper
ready made good quality puff pastry
honey, 2 tbsp
milk- 1 cup
50g butter
Some water
beaten egg for egg wash

In a deep pan, put the butter and melt. Add the chicken to it. Let the chicken coat with the butter, drizzle the honey over it and grind some fresh pepper to it. Sauté gently the chicken till slightly done. Add the onion and carrot to it and gently stir fry for about 10 minutes or till the veggies are cooked. Put some salt to it and stir well.
Add the flour to it and coat everything, now add the mashed potatoes,put the milk in it and give a good mix. Add the water and bring it to simmer and cook, stirring for about 5 minutes or until thickened.(The original recipe from the book uses cream and chicken stock, but I am using mashed potatoes, milk and water here). Check the seasoning, adjust it and let it cool slightly.

Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius. Spoon the filling into individual pot pies. Roll out the pastry, cut out a round shape and cover the pots as a lid. With slight touch of water, carefully press the edges to cover the pots properly. From the cut outs, you can re roll and take out designs to decorate it as wish. Brush the pastry with egg wash.
Bake the pie in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the pastry is golden and done. Let it stand for few minutes and serve.

Serves 4, lot of variations in the filling and decoration can be done.

Happy Cooking!!!