Chicken and Mushroom Pie

Chicken and mushroom pie is an English comfort dish: a creamy ragout under a crisp puff pastry dome.

Filling

1. Cut the chicken breast fillet into cubes and fry it in the butter.

2. Add the sliced button mushrooms and the diced onion and braise them.

3. Sprinkle over the wheat flour, pour in the meat stock and the cream, then cook it thick. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Let the filling cool a little, then spoon it into a pie dish.

Pastry

5. Drape the puff pastry over the top of the filling, press down the edges, and brush it with beaten egg.

6. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 °C until golden.

Tip: Cut a few small slits in the top of the pastry so the steam can escape and the pastry stays crisp.