Rooster, Leek & Bacon Pie!

A scrumptious and comforting do-it-yourself hen, leek & bacon pie which is a simple and ideal dinner concept for the household. 

Say hey to most likely the primary correct recipe of do-it-yourself correct meals on this weblog, and I hope you LOVE IT. It’s cosy, it’s heat, it’s the proper scrumptious dish that I am keen on making through the week or at weekends, because it actually is very easy to make! 

Rooster & Bacon

So clearly one of many important components of this pie is the hen, and the bacon. I’ve all the time liked the mixture of hen and bacon collectively, so while you add these flavours right into a pie? It will get even higher. 

I take advantage of bacon lardons on this recipe as I really like chunks of the bacon as soon as they’ve been fried off and crispy, and you should utilize both smoked or unsmoked, whichever you favor. You may in fact use precise bacon, or take away the fats from bacon, and even use cooked ham – whichever is finest for you. 

For the hen, I have a tendency to purchase hen breasts after which lower into inch measurement chunks. I discover it simpler, however you should buy hen already in chunks, or hen thighs, or mini fillets and many others… and lower into the chunks. 

When cooking the bacon, you prepare dinner till crispy. Whenever you prepare dinner the hen, I prepare dinner for a couple of minutes so all the edges are not pink, nevertheless it’s not important for the middles of the hen to be absolutely cooked. When including the sauce and boiling it, after which when cooking within the oven, the hen will get cooked by way of. 

Leeks

I’ve a bizarre factor for leeks, as a result of I discover they’re straightforward to prepare dinner, add a scrumptious flavour that’s totally different and typically preferential to onions, and I simply love them. I received’t lie, leek and potato soup is one in all my favorite flavours, and I am keen on it. 

I seize two medium leeks, slice them comparatively thinly, and fry. It doesn’t must be tremendous skinny, it doesn’t must be completely sliced – simply slice after which fry away within the frying pan. I discover leeks are fast to prepare dinner, they usually praise the flavour of the hen and bacon splendidly, and swimsuit this type of pie completely. 

Flavours

For the flavours on this pie, I went for thyme and bay leaves. There are such a lot of choices of flavours that you could add to this type of pie, however I do actually adore these herbs added to a creamy sauce.

I have a tendency to purchase dried herbs as they final so much longer, and I by no means have a tendency to make use of a complete plant up earlier than it goes off – however you should utilize recent if you want. I might add 2-3 sprigs of thyme, and some bay leaves – however once more, dried is simple. 

Clearly there may be salt and pepper too, however that may be a basic in most cooking recipes (and it needs to be!). I simply sprinkle some into the sauce, after which stir by way of – after which pour onto the bottom and bake. 

The sauce 

The sauce is tremendous straightforward to make, and that’s how I prefer it. A combination of hen inventory and double cream makes a thick and opulent sauce for a pie like this, and I’m obsessed. You should utilize totally different flavoured shares for those who want, that’s completely superb. I have a tendency to make use of the jelly cubes, after which add the equal of boiling water (200ml for this recipe). 

I discover the double cream provides a thickness and richness to the sauce, with out being heavy. You should utilize single cream, however it can make a thinner sauce, even after the cornflour addition, whereas with the double cream its good. 

To be trustworthy, even with out make this a pie, this hen, leek and bacon creamy sauce is good for different meals – serve with mashed potato, add pasta, and so forth… so many dinner concepts with the scrumptious base to this recipe. 

Pastry

For this pie, I take advantage of puff pastry. It’s most likely one in all my favorite pastry because it’s scrumptious and buttery and heavenly. I do line the bottom of the pie with pastry, which is optionally available – however I adore it. You blind bake the pastry barely to forestall a very soggy backside nevertheless. The perimeters of the puff pastry when blind baking might puff barely, however that’s completely okay. 

I high the pie with puff pastry, and add some little shapes of pastry to brighten – however that is optionally available. You need to lower a small cross in the course of the pie to let air escape while its cooking, and I brush the highest of the pie with milk to glaze and make beautiful and golden, however you should utilize crushed egg as an alternative. 

To complete… 

As soon as this scrumptious hen, leek & bacon pie is prepared, you may serve it… salad, new potatoes, veg, roasties, no matter you need! It fits many aspect dishes. 

• You may swap the hen inventory for a unique flavoured inventory for those who fancy 
• You may swap the hen and bacon for mushrooms, and further leeks or different veggies if you would like a meat free pie 
• This pie is finest served recent
• The pastry on the bottom is optionally available, you may simply put it on high
• You may high it with filo pastry as an alternative if you would like a lighter pie 

• 2 sheets puff pastry
• 200 g bacon lardons
• 2 medium leeks (sliced)
• 600 g hen breast (lower into chunks)
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 5 bay leaves
• 200 ml hen inventory
• 150 ml double cream
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• salt & pepper
• milk to glaze

• Preheat the oven to 200ºc/180ºc fan and seize a 35x23cm dish

• Line the bottom of the dish with one of many sheets of puff pastry (you could have to roll it out barely to make it a smidge thinner)

• Line the pastry with some parchment paper, and fill with baking beans to cowl the bottom

• Bake within the oven for quarter-hour, after which take away and take out the baking beans and parchment paper

• While you’re baking the pastry, fry the bacon lardons in a big frying pan till they flip crispy, after which take away from the pan

• Add the leeks to the frying pan and fry till they’ve began to melt, after which add the hen chunks and fry for a couple of minutes

• Return the bacon lardons to the frying pan, and add the dried thyme, bay leaves, hen inventory, double cream and cornflour dissolved in 2tbsp chilly water

• Stir collectively and produce the combination to a rolling boil, till the sauce thickens

• Season with salt and pepper, after which pour into the dish onto the pastry base

• Prime the pie with the second piece of pastry, and seal the sides together with your thumbs or a fork. Minimize a small cross into the center to permit air to flee

• Brush the pastry with milk (and beautify with further items of pastry for those who fancy)

• Bake the pie within the oven for 25 minutes, till golden brown

• Serve instantly with salad, potatoes or veg!

• You may swap the hen inventory for a unique flavoured inventory for those who fancy 
• You may swap the hen and bacon for mushrooms, and further leeks or different veggies if you would like a meat free pie 
• This pie is finest served recent
• The pastry on the bottom is optionally available, you may simply put it on high
• You may high it with filo pastry as an alternative if you would like a lighter pie 

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