Curried Chicken and celery Pie Recipe
Ingredients
| 1 broiler-fryer cut up | ||
| Water | 3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Handful of celery tops | ||
| Salt | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Peppercorns | 6 | |
| Frozen peas package | 1 , cooked, drained (Curry Cream Sauce) | |
| Pimiento | 1 , chopped (Curry Cream Sauce) | |
| Flour | 2 Cup (16 tbs), sifted (Curry Cream Sauce) | |
| Shortening | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) (Curry Cream Sauce) | |
| Milk | 2/3 Cup (16 tbs) (Curry Cream Sauce) | |
Directions
1. Simmer chicken with water, celery tops, 1 teaspoon salt and peppercorns in kettle 1 hour, or until tender. Remove from broth and let cool until easy to handle.
2. Strain broth into a 4-cup measure; add water, if needed, to make 3 cups. Make Curry Cream Sauce.
3. Slip skin from chicken, then remove meat from bones. (It comes off easily while still warm.) Cut into bite-size pieces; toss with peas, pimiento and 2 cups of Curry Cream Sauce in medium-size bowl. Set aside for Step 5. (Save remaining sauce to reheat and serve over pie.)
4. Sift flour and 1 teaspoon salt into medium-size bowl; cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly; stir in milk with a fork just until dough holds together.
5. Turn out onto lightly floured pastry cloth or board; knead lightly 5 or 6 times. Roll out 1/2 of dough to a rectangle, 16x12; fit into a baking dish, 10x6x2. Spoon filling into shell.
6. Roll out remaining pastry to a rectangle about 14x7; cut into 9 long strips, each about 3/4 inch wide, with knife or pastry wheel. Lay 5 strips lengthwise over filling. Halve remaining 4 strips; weave across long strips to make a crisscross top. Trim overhang to 1 inch; fold under; flute.
7. Bake in hot oven (400°) 20 minutes; reduce heat to moderate (350°). Bake 25 minutes longer, or until golden.
2. Strain broth into a 4-cup measure; add water, if needed, to make 3 cups. Make Curry Cream Sauce.
3. Slip skin from chicken, then remove meat from bones. (It comes off easily while still warm.) Cut into bite-size pieces; toss with peas, pimiento and 2 cups of Curry Cream Sauce in medium-size bowl. Set aside for Step 5. (Save remaining sauce to reheat and serve over pie.)
4. Sift flour and 1 teaspoon salt into medium-size bowl; cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly; stir in milk with a fork just until dough holds together.
5. Turn out onto lightly floured pastry cloth or board; knead lightly 5 or 6 times. Roll out 1/2 of dough to a rectangle, 16x12; fit into a baking dish, 10x6x2. Spoon filling into shell.
6. Roll out remaining pastry to a rectangle about 14x7; cut into 9 long strips, each about 3/4 inch wide, with knife or pastry wheel. Lay 5 strips lengthwise over filling. Halve remaining 4 strips; weave across long strips to make a crisscross top. Trim overhang to 1 inch; fold under; flute.
7. Bake in hot oven (400°) 20 minutes; reduce heat to moderate (350°). Bake 25 minutes longer, or until golden.
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