Take a few minutes and go and look at this website…
It’s called… Food Matters… but they have a new book coming out… What the World Eats… and it’s fascinating. They are showing families from all over the world, and what they eat in one weeks time…
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My kids think that my chicken pie is just about heaven on earth. I must admit, I love how it turns out. I don’t make it all the time, because it’s a little time intensive, but then I got to thinking, it doesn’t have to be. You can cut the corners a wee bit and use a commercial pie crust, they work pretty fine. And frankly, that’s the hardest part, mixing and rolling out a nice pie crust for the dish.
My pie recipe is simple. You need some cooked chicken. Whatever you want to put in it. I usually take the leftovers from roasting a whole little bird. We never eat the whole thing, so I end up with a couple cups of cut up chicken. 2 cups is a good mix.
And you need some veggies. I like to use fresh stuff if I have it, but a can of veg-all works well. Heck sometimes I just put in a can of corn and a can of carrots and add a little dehydrated onion and we’re good to go.
I just lay out the pie crusts, either homemade or bought, and let it rest as I make the chicken and gravy.
First you need a good high sided pot. I like to use my Presto Pot, because it cooks quickly.
Add one stick of REAL butter. Melt it down. And then add 1/4 cup or so of flour and make a rue. Sometimes it needs a little more, sometimes a little less.
Add a good sprinkle of celery salt, garlic powder, a pinch of salt and pepper. I use a little of our house seasoning as well. No more than 1 teaspoon of each, in fact, probably less of the salts. Just a little shake shake shake…. (g)
Once you have a nice thick rue (watch it doesn’t burn, turn down the heat if you need to) then add one can of cream soup… your choice. We like cream of celery or chicken or mushroom, whatever you like. Broccoli is good too. And then add two cans of milk. Stir it all together nicely and it will thicken up with a nice gentle heat. The heat will help to make the gravy thicker. Keep stiring until it’s nice and thick.
Add your chicken and veggies…
Pop into the pie pan, and then cover with a pie crust. Cut a few little vents and brush with a little melted butter if you want.
Bake for about an hour at 350 degrees. I like to lay a piece of foil over the whole pie until the last 15 minutes or so.
Remove foil and let brown beautifully.
That’s it! Chicken Pie, Windhaven style…
“That’s not ROOSTER Pie, is it now?????”
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Can you believe I scored this perfectly lovely picnic basket at a barn sale on the way home from the livestock auction for only $7???
It’s beautiful! I want to use it to carry our farm wares back and forth to friends in the big city. Eggs and other goodies. I think it’s delightful!
Jessy got a cool archery bow, and a little leather quiver. She was very very thrilled. She is going with her Dad to an archery place in the big city to get a new string for it. She has plans of getting back into archery. She has a nice recurve bow and now this straight wooden bow. We have to go and get more hay and once we do, she said she’s claiming two of them to make an archery target in the back by the woodlot. Sounds like fun to me.
Maggie was broke. So she didn’t get anything at the barn sale. She spend her purse at the auction/flea market and bought a cool looking sword. I’m pretty sure it’s a cheap rip off of something, but it looks pretty cool hanging in her lair upstairs.
Of course, I forgot to take pictures of the sword and the bow. You’ll have to use your imagination. I just loved my basket too much and I forgot.
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