Food Geeks only! Made some Chicken Pot Pies and discovered a great way to make the perfect size inside and top crusts is with a tortilla press using 2 oz. balls of dough. Your welcome.
Chicken Pot Pie w/Celery Seed Crust
Recipe by riehlfood.com
Difficulty: Intermediate
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
35
minutes
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Ingredients
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cup chicken or turkey broth
3/4 cup milk
2 cups cut up cooked turkey
6 oz frozen peas
6 oz frozen carrots
- Celery Seed Pastry Ingredients
2/3 cup plus 2 T shortening
2 cups all purpose flour
2 t celery seed
1 t salt
4-5 T water
Directions
- Heat butter over low heat until melted.
- Add onion, salt, and pepper. When onion is translucent, blend in the flour. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until mixture is smooth and bubbly
- Stir in broth and milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute.
- Stir in turkey and frozen vegetables.
- Prepare Celery Seed Pastry. (see below)
- Separate pastry dough into 4 balls (one for each Pot Pie). Now divide each ball in half (one will be for the inside crust and one will be for top crust)
- Roll out (or use a tortilla press) four dough balls large enough to fit inside a 6×2 inch (2 cup) Pyrex dish.
- Place one rolled out pastry inside each dish, pressing firmly to bottom and sides. Poke numerous times with tines of fork to create air holes.
- Fill each dish to the top with turkey mixture.
- Roll out last four dough balls large enough to cover dishes.
- Roll edges under, flute.
- Cut slits in center to allow steam to escape.
- Cook uncovered in 425 degree oven until crust is brown, 30-35 minutes.
- Pastry Instructions
- Cut shortening into flour, celery seed and salt until particles are size of small peas.
- Sprinkle in water, 1 T at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl.
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