Recipe information
Ingredients for - Chicken, kale & mushroom pot pie
3. 3 thyme sprigs, leaves picked -
5. 350g chicken breasts, cut into small chunks -
6. 250g chestnut mushrooms, sliced -
10. 100g kale -
11. 2 tsp cornflour, mixed with 1 tbsp cold water -
12. 375g pack puff pastry, rolled into a circle slightly bigger than your dish -
13. 1 egg yolk, to glaze -
How to cook deliciously - Chicken, kale & mushroom pot pie
1. Stage
Heat ½ tbsp oil over a gentle heat in a flameproof casserole dish. Add the onion and cook for 5 mins until softening. Scatter over the thyme and garlic, and stir for 1 min. Turn up the heat and add the chicken, frying until golden but not fully cooked. Add the mushrooms and the remaining oil. Heat oven to 200C/180 fan/gas 6.
2. Stage
Add the stock, crème fraîche, mustard and kale, and season well. Add the cornflour mixture and stir until thickened a little.
3. Stage
Remove from the heat and cover with the puff pastry lid, pressing into the sides of the casserole dish. Slice a cross in the centre and glaze with the egg. Bake for 30 mins until the pastry is puffed up and golden.