The Big Glut – April

Chicken, kale and mushroom pot pie

A BBC Good Food recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 3 thyme sprigs, leaves picked
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 350g chicken breasts, cut into small chunks
• 250g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
• 300ml chicken stock
• 100g crème fraîche
• 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
• 100g kale
• 2 tsp cornflour, mixed with 1 tbsp cold water
• 375g pack puff pastry, rolled into a circle slightly bigger than your dish
• 1 egg yolk, to glaze

Method

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.

Add the stock, crème fraîche, mustard and kale, and season well. Add the cornflour mixture and stir until thickened a little.

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.

Recipe courtesy of BBC Good Food