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Chicken Pie, Great Northern

A recipe for Chicken Pie, Great Northern Style from the Potlikkr collection. Serves 8. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1
• 1 bunch
• 1 sprig
• 4 tbsp
• 2 tbsp
• 3
• 1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
• 4
• 8
• 16 strip

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Categories: Main dish, Poultry, Casseroles 3 Stewing chickens (4.5-5 lb each)

2. 2

   Pastry dough for 2 pies

3. 3

   In a large stew pot, cover chickens with cold water.

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   Add onion slices, parsley, and sage.

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   Slowly bring to a boil over medium heat, then simmer until meat is about ready to fall from bones, about 1 - 1 1/2 hours.

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   Separate meat from the bones, retaining the white meat.

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   Continue to simmer stock until reduced by approximately 1/3, then allow to cool.

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   Skim fat off the top and mix it with 4 heaping Tbsp of flour and 2 Tbsp butter, then set aside to use as a binder.

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   Meanwhile, remove cold stock to a 2 quart saucepan and add the well-beaten egg yolks and heavy cream and stir to mix.

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    Season to taste.

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    Then, over medium-high heat, heat again, stirring continually. Do not boil.

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    Add the binder and strain thoroughly.

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    Meanwhile, make meal pie pastry sufficient for 2 pies and refrigerate.

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    Boil potatoes in skins until nearly tender, about 15 minutes.

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    Allow to cool, then remove a slice of skin lengthwise sufficient to allow access with a melon baller.

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    Make 32 potato balls and set aside.

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    Dice the mushrooms fine, then saute with bacon until they are tender and bacon is crisp.

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    Crumble the bacon.

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    To finish, place 4 potato balls in individual 2-cup casseroles or baking dishes.

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    Add 3 slices of chicken breast and a portion of the mushroom/bacon mixture.

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    Fill the dish with sauce described above.

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    Roll out the pie pastry moderately thick, trim to fit, then cover casseroles, sealing edges all around.

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    Bake in a 400 degree F. oven until the crust is a rich brown color, about 20 minutes.

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    Serve hot en casserole.

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    This recipe is from the Great Northern Railway.

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    New York - 1993. ISBN 0-312-08768-3