Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
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- gamma jay
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Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
In the spirit of Chris I present to you a delicious home made chicken pie (just out the oven), and currently cooling in the fridge is a tray of inch thick slabs of condensed milk fudge that I cannot wait to dig into. Double
PS: I cannot believe I used to drink up condensed milk when I was younger....this stuff is intensely sweet!!!
PS: I cannot believe I used to drink up condensed milk when I was younger....this stuff is intensely sweet!!!
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Looks absolutely delicious Rudi!
Recipe ? ? ?
Recipe ? ? ?
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
It was scrumptious....It's half gone already!
No recipe, just an off the cuff compilation of ingredients:
- Shredded chicken
- Fresh mushrooms
- A packet of chicken veggie soup that was stirred up in a pot until nice and thick
- A packet of puff-pastry
Fill the glassware with pastry strips
Pour in the thickened soup
Add the mushrooms and large pieces of cooked chicken
Add any other desired content
Lay pastry over the fill and baste an egg over the top
Stick into the oven at 190°C and bake for about 40-50 minutes (until pastry has puffed up and has browned...)
No recipe, just an off the cuff compilation of ingredients:
- Shredded chicken
- Fresh mushrooms
- A packet of chicken veggie soup that was stirred up in a pot until nice and thick
- A packet of puff-pastry
Fill the glassware with pastry strips
Pour in the thickened soup
Add the mushrooms and large pieces of cooked chicken
Add any other desired content
Lay pastry over the fill and baste an egg over the top
Stick into the oven at 190°C and bake for about 40-50 minutes (until pastry has puffed up and has browned...)
Last edited by Rudi on 22 Jul 2015, 19:06, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
I didn't realise you were allowed to raise chickens in Cape Town.Rudi wrote:In the spirit of Chris I present to you a delicious home made chicken pie ...
Seriously though - what temperature did you use to bake the puff pastry? Or is that written on the packet?
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
It was baked at 190°C (both top and bottom oven elements on)
Also, we basted the top pastry with an egg to brown it evenly.
Also, we basted the top pastry with an egg to brown it evenly.
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Thanks.Rudi wrote:It was baked at 190°C (both top and bottom oven elements on)
Also, we basted the top pastry with an egg to brown it evenly.
I'm not going to ask if it was a brown egg ...
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
LOL.... or the last egg the chicken layed before we put it in the pie
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Thanks Rudi. What is a "packet of chicken veggie soup"? I'm assuming that this is simply a packaged soup mix to which water is added.
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Correct John.
This is not a cup-of-soup; as these are too "wet". I refer to a packet of soup that you add water to and stir on the stove top. One wants it to have a thicker consistency so it can act as a fill for the pie and not run out all over the place. Remember too that it does set a bit more when it cools off, so it must be a happy medium consistency while hot. (Rather a little less water than too much). BTW: Note that you want to avoid using too much soup. I'd rather fill the pie with lots of chicken and mushrooms and then pour out the soup to seep through the gaps between the solid filling...the idea is not to fill the pie with the soup....(unless that's your sort of thing )
PS: Of course one could use any soup flavour... (Chicken is the obvious, but a nice butternut flavour could also be nice, or even pea and ham; though i haven't tried that yet!)
This is not a cup-of-soup; as these are too "wet". I refer to a packet of soup that you add water to and stir on the stove top. One wants it to have a thicker consistency so it can act as a fill for the pie and not run out all over the place. Remember too that it does set a bit more when it cools off, so it must be a happy medium consistency while hot. (Rather a little less water than too much). BTW: Note that you want to avoid using too much soup. I'd rather fill the pie with lots of chicken and mushrooms and then pour out the soup to seep through the gaps between the solid filling...the idea is not to fill the pie with the soup....(unless that's your sort of thing )
PS: Of course one could use any soup flavour... (Chicken is the obvious, but a nice butternut flavour could also be nice, or even pea and ham; though i haven't tried that yet!)
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Rudi
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
I'll definitely give this a try after I pick up some puff pastry and soup mix. Thanks again Rudi.
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Enjoy... (with a light white wine of choice)
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
You forgot the Fudge, how did it come out?Rudi wrote:Enjoy... (with a light white wine of choice)
Or should I say how did in go in!
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Not as "successful" as the pie! (TX for asking)
The slabs never really set properly. It stayed sticky in the center. We have never really had good success with fudge. I can count on my fingers how many times it came out perfectly. The good thing though is that even if its a "flop", it still tastes great, but one just has to lick their fingers a little more afterwards.
The slabs never really set properly. It stayed sticky in the center. We have never really had good success with fudge. I can count on my fingers how many times it came out perfectly. The good thing though is that even if its a "flop", it still tastes great, but one just has to lick their fingers a little more afterwards.
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Spot on. Err...wrong thread!
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Re: Homemade Chicken Pie and Fudge
Gosh but that looks good..... I'm hungry now thanks to you but I don't dare have anything to eat right before bed! Talk about weight gain! That would do it!Rudi wrote:In the spirit of Chris I present to you a delicious home made chicken pie (just out the oven), and currently cooling in the fridge is a tray of inch thick slabs of condensed milk fudge that I cannot wait to dig into. Double
PS: I cannot believe I used to drink up condensed milk when I was younger....this stuff is intensely sweet!!!
I'll give this one a go very soon indeed! Thanks for sharing!
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