Growing Chefs! Ontario Black Bird Pot Pie

Black Bird Pot Pie

Sing a song of sixpence for this beautiful blackbird pot pie (that doesn’t rhyme?!). Use our Spooky Black Pie Dough recipe to make a beautiful crust, with a traditional pot pie filling.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Yield
Serves 4
Ingredients
1/3 recipe Spooky Black Pie Dough recipe1 cup cooked chicken or turkey breast, diced1 cup fennel, diced1 small onion, diced1 purple carrot, diced1 sprig rosemary, finely chopped Small handful Italian parsley, finely chopped1/2 cup peas1/4 cup butter1/4 cup flour1/2 cup white wine1 1/2 cups milk Pinch nutmeg Pepper to taste Salt to taste Flour for dusting 1 egg for egg wash
Equipment
Measuring cupsMeasuring spoonsWhiskWooden spoonMedium potMixing bowls of various sizesChef’s knifeCutting boardRolling pinTasting spoonsDish towelPie tinForkPastry brush

Directions

Get Organized!

Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.

Get Prepped!

Dice the chicken or turkey breast.

Finely dice the onion, fennel, and carrot.

Finely chop the rosemary and parsley.

Measure out the peas, white wine, and milk.


Split the pie dough into 2 even pieces. Roll the pie doughs out to be slightly larger than the bottom of the pie pan, let overhang and trim the excess dough. Roll the other pie dough to be slightly larger than the top of the pie, leaving some room to overhang and set aside for now. Prick the bottom of the pie dough pan with a fork, and keep in the fridge until ready to use.

Get Cooking!

Preheat a pot over medium heat, and add the butter. Sauté the onion until translucent, about 4 – 5 minutes. Add the carrots and the fennel, and continue to cook for about 5 more minutes until both are softened.

Add the herbs to the pot: a pinch of nutmeg and pepper, and a good pinch of salt. Stir in the flour, and then make sure all vegetables are well coated. Add the white wine and stir well to deglaze, then add the milk. Let the sauce thicken, and season with salt to taste. Add the peas and chicken or turkey, and let cool.

Fill the pot pies with the cooled filling up to the top, and top them with pie toppers. Fold the edges underneath themselves and crimp the pie edges. Cut a couple of slits in the top of the pie for it to steam.

Mix 1 egg white with 2 tablespoons of water, and brush the top of the pie with the egg mixture to make the pie shiny.

Bake for 3545 minutes, until the pastry is cooked through. It is a little bit hard to tell the doneness of black pastry, so make sure that the pastry is thoroughly cooked.