Year Two Day Two Hundred and Fourteen - Chicken Pot Pie

Dear all, 

On a mission to expand my repertoire - today I cooked up a chicken pot pie ( tres advanced)! http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/845652/deepdish-chicken-and-leek-pie

To start, I cooked up chucks of chicken in a pan with olive oil and some butter (Yes... butter 'does' make everything taste good). 

I then cooked up three leeks, chopped up, in a pan (also with some butter). 

Then came the more difficult section: The pastry *gulp*. I realised I was at a disadvantage as the pastry was 'frozen'. I popped half in the microwave, pressed defrost and hoped for the best.. 

Back at camp leek, I added 3 tbs of flour and stirred continuously ( it looks gross at this point). 

I then started to add the milk which seemed to redeem things. 

Then goes in the mustard. 

And the cream (see butter)... well it is the weekend and I did run 14 miles this morning. 

The pastry was thawed ( kind of) so I floured the board and started to roll it out. 

I tried not to make it 'flaky' - not an easy task I might add. 

I then filled the dish with the chicken-leek combo... and placed the pastry on top. I crimped the edges as best I could with the pan I had selected ( the wrong pan for the job probably but it was still okay) and basted the pastry with one egg. 

Et voila! It worked! And it was quite good! Comments from Darren ( who was very positive) were possibly add some carrots and chop up the chicken into finer pieces ( he is brilliant at giving good advice). Hurray! Chicken Pot pie added to my kitchen repertoire!