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Ingredients
- Pie Filling.
- 1 sliced leek
- 1 chopped carrot
- 100g bacon lardons
- 1 clove of garlic
- 500g chicken thigh diced
- Tarragon Sauce.
- 20g butter
- 20g flour
- 300-350ml milk.
- 2 tbsp double cream
- 2 tsp of tarragon
- 1tsp dijon mustard
- splash of lemon juice
- Suet Pastry
- 190g self raising flour
- 100g beef suet
- 1/2 tsp of sea salt
- 55-100 ml of water
- 1 egg yolk.
Details
servings 2
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 180mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Method
* Sweat of the carrots, leek and garlic on a low heat for about 10 mins. Fry off the bacon lardons and stir in the carrot and leek
mixture leave to cool.
Suet Pastry.
* In a bowl mix together the suet, flour and salt until well combined.
* Gradually add enough water until the mixture comes together as a firm dough.
* Add the egg yolk and knead into the dough until well combined.
* Cover and chill the dough for at least 30 mins.
Step 2
Tarragon Sauce
* Melt the butter into a sauce pan
* Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon over a medium heat. carefully not to burn it.
* Add the milk a bit at a time and whisk in. be carefull not to get lumps.
* Put the pan back on the heat and stir continuously until the sauce comes to the boil and thickens. Put onto a low heat and cook
for 5 mins. Then add in the other ingredients, taste and allow to cool for a bit.
Step 3
Putting the Pie Together
* Grease the basin
* Roll out the pastry and lined the pudding basin, keeping abit of the pastry for the top.
* Stir in the chicken thigh into the bacon and leek mixture.
* Add half the tarragon sauce and mix well.
* Place the mixture into the pudding basin and pack well in.Leaving no spaces.
* Place the pastry top on and brush with milk.
* Place into your steaming pan and steam for 2hours 30 mins to 3 hours.
* When cooked lift out of steamer pan and leave to rest for a couple of mins.
* Warm up the extra sauce and turn out the pudding.
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