ROAST CHICKEN & PALE ALE PIES
BY SALLY CINELLO
PALE ALE CHICKEN GRAVY
INGREDIENTS
2 Tablespoons plain flour
4 Tablespoons of reserved roast chicken cooking juices/fat
300ml chicken stock
300ml Sydney Brewery Pale Ale
Salt, to taste
METHOD
- Whisk the flour with the reserved cooking juices in a saucepan until combined & cook for a few minutes.
- Gradually pour in the stock, whisking until smooth. Stir in the Pale Ale.
- Bring to the boil, stirring, and simmer for 3 minutes. Taste and season with salt.
ROAST CHICKEN & PALE ALE PIES
INGREDIENTS
Leftover roast chicken, diced up
Leftover gravy from recipe above
Pastry
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 200°c or 180°c fan forced.
- Mix the pork & gravy together – don’t heat up the filling as the pies cook better with cold filling
- Put the filling in a ramekin with a puff pastry lid or in a pie tin with your choice of puff pastry lid with or without shortcrust pastry base.
Alternatively, if you have a pie maker, use shortcrust pastry for the base & puff pastry for the lid with a 1/4 cup of filling per pie, cook as per pie makers instructions