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Chicken, pancetta and leek pie. This easy chicken pie is stuffed with chicken and a creamy sauce flavoured with leeks and pancetta. A comfort food classic that's surprisingly easy to make - especially when using ready-made pastry as this one does. With tender chicken and flaky, golden pastry, Darren Purchese's Chicken, Leek & Pancetta Pie (RECIPE BELOW) ticks all the boxes.

Add the pancetta and cook for a few minutes, until just starting to crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. The sweet leeks in this chicken pie add a subtle flavour and soft texture to compliment the buttery, crisp filo topping. You can cook Chicken, pancetta and leek pie using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken, pancetta and leek pie

1. It's 650 g of Chicken breast.
2. Prepare 2 of Leeks.
3. Prepare 25 g of Butter.
4. You need 100 g of Pancetta.
5. Prepare 350 g of chicken stock.
6. You need 3 Tablespoons of plain flour.
7. Prepare 0.5 teaspoon of Black pepper.
8. It's 2 Tablespoons of Creme Fraiche.
9. It's 320 g of readymade puff pastry.
10. You need 1 of beaten egg.

This pie is all about wholesome goodness. Easy chicken leek pie made with puff pastry, family-friendly comfort food, the perfect kid approved family meal. Wrap leeks in pancetta, braise them in white wine and chicken stock, then top them with cream and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese for this dish that's a taste of heaven. Try our healthier chicken and leek pie recipe.

Chicken, pancetta and leek pie step by step

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Melt the butter in a frying pan and then add the diced chicken in. Fry until the meat coloured. Pour out and set aside..
2. Add pancetta and chopped leek in the frying pan and cook for 5 minutes until the leek soften..
3. Put the diced chicken in..
4. Add plain flour in..
5. Add in chicken stock and creme fraiche and then add a little bit black pepper..
6. Put the leek mixture into a pie dish. Place the puff pastry on the top. Crimp the edges and cut a small hole on the top. Brush some egg on the pastry. Bake the pie for roughly 20-25 minutes until pastry has turned to golden brown. Enjoy..

A perfect easy and healthy supper for when you feel like you've overindulged over the Christmas period! Chicken and leeks are cooked in a creamy sauce and finished off with golden ciabatta breadcrumbs for a clever and healthier alternative to pastry. For best results, use our free range, herb fed chicken thighs & Nidderdale smoked pancetta in this delicious family recipe. In a separate pan soften the onion in the remaining butter, then add the leek and finally the mushrooms, cooking until tender without any colour. From the hand-held pasty to the potato-topped fish pie or the always delicious steak and kidney, a good savory pie is hard to refuse.