Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Leek and Chicken Pie

Leek and Chicken Pie.

You can cook Leek and Chicken Pie using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Leek and Chicken Pie

1. You need 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
2. You need 1 of onion, finely chopped.
3. Prepare 2 of medium leeks, washed, trimmed and thickly sliced.
4. You need 4 of skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces.
5. It's 1 of garlic clove, crushed.
6. It's 150 ml of white wine.
7. Prepare 150 ml of chicken stock, hot.
8. You need 142 ml of carton double cream.
9. It's Sprigs of fresh tarragon, leaves picked and roughly chopped.
10. It's 375 g of pack ready-rolled puff pastry.
11. Prepare 1 of medium egg.

Leek and Chicken Pie step by step

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and leeks and cook for 4-5 minutes until softened..
2. Add the chicken pieces and cook, stirring, for another 4-5 minutes..
3. Stir in the garlic, add the wine and bubble away until reduced by two-thirds..
4. Pour in the stock and simmer until reduced by half..
5. Add the cream and tarragon, bring to the boil, then simmer for 5-6 minutes until thickened..
6. Season, then spoon into a 2.5-litre pie dish (or 4 x 300ml ovenproof dishes). Set aside to cool..
7. Brush a little water along the edge of the pie dish or dishes. Unroll the pastry and cut out a piece large enough to cover the dish or dishes. Press down the edges and trim off the excess. Snip a small hole in the centre of the pastry to let the steam escape. Put on a baking tray and chill for 15 minutes..
8. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220C/fan200C/gas 7. Beat the egg with a little salt, then brush over the pastry. Bake for 40-45 minutes (20-25 minutes if you are making individual pies) until the pastry is golden..