Chicken and leek pie, broccoli with pickled shallot

Pastry 225g plain flour 100g chopped cold butter Pinch salt 1 egg Rub the flour and butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Mix in the salt. Mix in the egg to dough, wrap in cling and chill. Filling 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs Oil for brushing 25g butter 1 large leek, split, washed and chopped 25g plain flour 150ml chicken stock 1 tablespoon cream 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard Brush the chicken with oil and cook on a hot grill pan for about 4 minutes each side or until cooked through. Allow to rest. Heat the butter in a pan and add the leeks. Cook until wilted down and mix in the flour well. Add the stock and mix to a stiff smooth sauce. Add the cream and mustard and check seasoning. Add any resting juices from the chicken and then cool and chill. Chop the chicken and mix into the sauce. To assemble 1 egg yolk. Divide the pastry in half and roll to fit a buttered pie dish. Trim off the edges and keep in cling. Line with foil and fill with baking beans. Chill for an hour then bake in a 180oc oven for 12 minutes. Remove beans and foil and bake for another 5 minutes. Fill with the chicken mixture. Roll out the remaining pastry and cover the chicken mixture. Crimp the edges and brush with egg yolk. Roll out the ends of pastry and make leaves. Place on pie and cover with more egg yolk. Bake in a 180oc oven for 30 minutes. Broccoli with pickled shallot 2 shallots, peeled and finely sliced 25ml white wine or cider vinegar 25ml water 1 teaspoon sugar ¼ teaspoon turmeric 1 teaspoon mustard seeds Salt to taste 350g tenderstem broccoli 1 tablespoon oil Place the vinegar, water, sugar, turmeric and mustard seeds in a pan and simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Check seasoning and pour over the shallots. Leave for an hour to pickle. Blanch the broccoli in salted boiling water for a minute and then drain, place on kitchen paper and top with kitchen paper. Heat the oil in a frying pan until smoking add the broccoli. Cook for a couple of minutes then add the shallots ( not the liquid) and warm through.

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Chicken and leek pie, broccoli with pickled shallot is an episode from Cooking with Paula McIntyre by BBC.

This episode is 7:33 long.

This episode was published on Mar 4, 2026.

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