Chicken and Leak pasty...pie....thing

ash_scotland88 · 26 Feb 2011 at 16:42

For dinner I am thinking about making my own version of a chicken and leak pasty.
Basically white sauce, chicken, mushrooms and leak in a pastry crust.
What sort of pastry would I be best to buy, just cause I am lazy

Any other tips?

J1234 · 26 Feb 2011 at 16:43

Puff or shortcrust, depending on what you want. An actual pie or a pastry?

Also it's leek.

ash_scotland88 · 26 Feb 2011 at 16:58

Cheers for the typo, I always confuse "ee" and "ea"

I don't have a pie dish, so plan was just to wrap the filling.

Plan in a nutshell was
white sauce (well easy white sauce, milk, butter, flour, seasoning)
part fry chicken, leeks, mushrooms
Mix togeather, put on pastry, fold over, pinch to seal, cook in oven.

Just a wee thing I have a craving for.

needforspeed · 26 Feb 2011 at 16:58

May be you should try using duck.

ash_scotland88 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:04

My parents cooked me duck around xmas, it put me off duck, although duck in lemon or orange is now being craved from a chinese.

Any reason you suggested duck?

J1234 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:04

Puff pastry would be better then, you need a pie dish for shortcrust really.

ash_scotland88 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:10

Cheers, just a wee experiment.

Tiny Clanger · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:10

You could always use an ovenproof plate as an inpromptu pie dish which means you could make a nice shortcrust pastry.

A tip for the white sauce - crumble a chicken stock cube in when you mix the flour with the butter - makes the sauce spot on for pies

needforspeed · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:15

ash_scotland88 said:
My parents cooked me duck around xmas, it put me off duck, although duck in lemon or orange is now being craved from a chinese.

Any reason you suggested duck?

I just thought duck and leek go together well.

ash_scotland88 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:15

Tiny Clanger said:
You could always use an ovenproof plate as an inpromptu pie dish which means you could make a nice shortcrust pastry.

A tip for the white sauce - crumble a chicken stock cube in when you mix the flour with the butter - makes the sauce spot on for pies

May try that!

I discovered that chicken cube with couscous tastes of pot noodle!

PapaLazaru · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:18

OP, just make sure you put a picture up once your creation has come to fruition.

ash_scotland88 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:29

PapaLazaru said:
OP, just make sure you put a picture up once your creation has come to fruition.

I'll give it a try.
Usually forget tho.

bhavv · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:35

Could we just have a food section made like now?

Cosimo · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:37

ash_scotland88 said:
I'll give it a try.
Usually forget tho.

.... and don't worry about depth of field.

slagsmal · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:11

om nom nom

ash_scotland88 · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:03

Ate about 2/3rds of it.
Chicken was good, just fell away in the mouth.
Tad bland though.
Cream sause went uber thick and a tad lumpy like porridge but cooked through fine.

Doesn't look the part but as a student for me it's about the taste, which could have been better, but a good start for a promising meal.