And here’s This one was a little bit experimental. It was originally supposed to be a Tandoori chicken pie, but my inability to pay attention to recipes resulted in something quite different.
So, here’s what I used:
- 2 large chicken breasts, diced
- A big dollop of natural yoghurt
- Spices: Cumin, Garamassala, Coriander, Turmeric, Cayenne Pepper, Ground Black Pepper, Ginger, Garlic
- LEMON
- Pastry
- Flour
And here’s what I did:
Mix the yoghurt and spices together.
Squeeze the juice of one whole lemon into the mix, then let the chicken marinate in it for a while (I left it for about an hour, but it could have done with longer).
Cook it all up in a pan, adding any more spices to balance out the flavours. You will probably not need to add any more lemon juice at this point.
I was feeling lazy, so I mixed some flour and water together in a cup and added it slowly while cooking, just to get the thickness right.
Let it cook until your house fills up with delicious aromatic smells.
Pour it into your favourite pie dish.
Cover in pastry, and brush the pastry with egg.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, remove from oven.
Eat!
Conclusion:
Well, I completely misjudged the amount of lemon this thing would need. It’s a good thing I like lemony tasty things, as this pie was very lemony tasty. I found it delicious, although I admit it would have been more delicious with significantly less lemon.
bastardang | 20-Jul-08 at 11:38 pm | Permalink
what veggie would you put in if you put one in? nice pie dish!
El Cucurucho | 21-Jul-08 at 3:51 pm | Permalink
I’d probably have gone with carrot and potato.
danox | 22-Jul-08 at 3:01 pm | Permalink
oh it looks quite good. I especially like the pastry.
El Cucurucho | 22-Jul-08 at 4:47 pm | Permalink
Yeah, the pastry turned out to be quite awesome. I guess that’s the result of folding it over at the sides with lots of air bubbles to puff it out.
Pampas puff pastry rocks.
samira | 23-Jul-08 at 3:57 pm | Permalink
Though it was delicious, I do recommend NOT using an entire lemon for this dish. Unless of you course you totally dig lemons.
dibkins | 24-Jul-08 at 7:46 pm | Permalink
your marinading chicken looks amazing.
i’m not a huge fan of overzealous lemon though!
also, what kind of pastry do you all use? it looks entirely different than my european pastry.
El Cucurucho | 25-Jul-08 at 10:05 am | Permalink
It’s just frozen puff pastry from the supermarket. I’m sure you can get it over there in Europea land.
If you want it looking like mine in this post, squidge it over at the edges so it forms bubbles when it rises, and brush it with beaten egg to give it that pretty glaze.
bastardang | 25-Jul-08 at 12:13 pm | Permalink
maybe you can get it, they certainly don’t have it in the u.s.
dibkins | 26-Jul-08 at 1:01 am | Permalink
na, thats what i got too! thats what i used in my pie, it just looks so different.