Rooster, Leek & Bacon Pie!

A scrumptious and comforting home made rooster, leek & bacon pie which is a straightforward and ideal dinner thought for the household. 

Say howdy to most likely the primary correct recipe of home made 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 really easy to make! 

Rooster & Bacon

So clearly one of many major elements of this pie is the rooster, and the bacon. I’ve all the time cherished the mix of rooster and bacon collectively, so whenever you add these flavours right into a pie? It will get even higher. 

I take advantage of bacon lardons on this recipe as I 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 like. You possibly can after all use precise bacon, or take away the fats from bacon, and even use cooked ham – whichever is greatest for you. 

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

When cooking the bacon, you cook dinner till crispy. Once you cook dinner the rooster, I cook dinner for a couple of minutes so all the edges are now not pink, but it surely’s not important for the middles of the rooster to be absolutely cooked. When including the sauce and boiling it, after which when cooking within the oven, the rooster will get cooked by. 

Leeks

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

I seize two medium leeks, slice them comparatively thinly, and fry. It doesn’t should be tremendous skinny, it doesn’t should be completely sliced – simply slice after which fry away within the frying pan. I discover leeks are fast to cook dinner, and so they praise the flavour of the rooster and bacon splendidly, and swimsuit this fashion 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 which you can add to this form 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 contemporary 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 traditional in most cooking recipes (and it ought to be!). I simply sprinkle some into the sauce, after which stir by – 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 rooster inventory and double cream makes a thick and splendid sauce for a pie like this, and I’m obsessed. You need to use completely different flavoured shares when you want, that’s completely high quality. 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 need to use single cream, however it’s going to make a thinner sauce, even after the cornflour addition, whereas with the double cream its excellent. 

To be sincere, even with out make this a pie, this rooster, 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 certainly one of my favorite pastry because it’s scrumptious and buttery and heavenly. I do line the bottom of the pie with pastry, which is elective – however I adore it. You blind bake the pastry barely to forestall a very soggy backside nevertheless. The edges of the puff pastry when blind baking could 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 elective. You need to minimize 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 pretty and golden, however you should utilize overwhelmed egg as a substitute. 

To complete… 

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

• You possibly can swap the rooster inventory for a special flavoured inventory when you fancy 
• You possibly can swap the rooster and bacon for mushrooms, and further leeks or different veggies if you’d like a meat free pie 
• This pie is greatest served contemporary
• The pastry on the bottom is elective, you possibly can simply put it on high
• You possibly can high it with filo pastry as a substitute if you’d like a lighter pie 

 

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