Nice Pie
Over a year ago
5,130 views
Ingredients
- 2 celery sticks
- 3 organic carrots
- 1 leek
- 1-2 chicken breasts optional
- 200ml chicken/veg stock
- Pinch of salt
- Lots ground black pepper
- Some pots carrots etc for mash
- splash olive oil
Accompaniment
SponsoredBaron de Ley Club Privado Reserva Rioja
The Baron de Ley winery was founded by a prestigious group of Rioja professionals in 1985. They were quite unique in their approach as they modelled the winery on a Medoc chateaux, which was a pioneering move at that time for producers in the Denominacion de Origen Calificada Rioja. This wine is aged in new oak casks for 20 months prior to resting in the bottle for 2 years before release. It has definite claret qualities; the nose is layered with ripe cherry, toasty oak and a touch of cigar box. Lively, ripe, red fruit with dried tobacco and nutty vanilla overtones, round tannins with an expressive woody finish. Rioja wine can be excellent value for money and has terrific cellaring potential. Buy this wine if you like: Well rounded reds, with soft fruit and toasty character, easy drinking for upfront pleasure.
Description
An easy-peasy comforting pie topped with mashed vegetables that can be entirely vegetarian but is great with chicken.
Method
-
1
Prepare the vegetables you're going to mash and stick them on to boil for 15mins or until tender. Mash them lightly with/out butter, salt and pepper as you prefer. Leave the lumps cos they're tastier like that.
Meanwhile, slice the celery, carrots and leeks into chunky slices, and the chicken breast (if using) into big cubes. Fry the leeks and chicken first for a few minutes and then add the carrots and leeks. Continue frying for a couple of minutes and then add your Bisto and stock. Stick a lid on it and leave it while you watch Neighbours - so 25 mins works a treat. Before you leave it, stick the oven on to 175degrees to preheat.
After Neighbours, stick the vegetables and chicken mixture into a large ovenware dish and top with the mashed potato. Sprinkle generously with the cheddar and bung it in the oven for 35-45 mins.
Serve on its own or with other veg. It's great and I love it!
Comments (0)