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Winter means home-cooked comfort food. This hearty chicken pie will delight the whole family and it's packed with lots of healthy vegetables too.

Country-style chicken and tarragon pie

(1/4 cup) plain flour

Salt & black pepper

chicken thigh fillets,

olive oil

brown onion, halved, coarsely chopped

celery sticks, trimmed, coarsely chopped

carrots, peeled, coarsely chopped

garlic clove, crushed

water

Massel chicken style stock cube

cauliflower florets

tbsp thin cream

tbsp coarsely chopped fresh tarragon

Clever ingredient shortcuts make this creamy chicken pie easy to make and ready in just 35 minutes.

Creamy chicken, corn & mustard pie

barbecued chicken, skin and bones removed, meat shredded

can cream of chicken soup

can corn kernels,

milliliters Bulla Cooking Cream

baby spinach leaves

tbsp wholegrain mustard

egg, lightly whisked

poppy seeds

sesame seeds

Recipe video above. Aussies love a good meat pie. We love the hand-held ones because we get the whole thing to ourselves. But when you&#39;ve got sharing vibes, this Family-size Meat Pie is the one you pull out. Shortcrust base, slow cooked fall-apart chunks of beef smothered in a rich gravy with a golden puff pastry lid.It&#39;s knee-shatteringly good comfort food!Workflow - I usually make the filling the day before, then refrigerate overnight. Then I do everything else on the day of serving.

Family Meat Pie

800 grams/ 1.6lb chuck beef

salt

tsp pepper

olive oil (, plus more as needed (or vegetable

/ 2tbsp unsalted butter

/ 7 oz mushrooms (, smallish, halved (larger ones quartered))

onion

garlic (, minced)

celery (,

carrot (, halved, 1cm/0.4" slices (quarter very thick end if needed))

milliliters / 11 oz Guinness ((Note 2))

beef stock (, homemade

tsp salt

tsp black pepper

tbsp flour

/ 4 tbsp unsalted butter (, softened)

quantity shortcrust pastry

puff pastry (, for lid (Note 6))

egg (, lightly whisked)

Ketchup or Aussie Tomato Sauce (, for serving)

Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan).

Brown beef: Sprinkle beef with 3/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Heat oil in a large heavy based pot over high heat. Brown beef aggressively in 2 to 3 batches (do not crowd pot, else it gets watery instead of browning). Then remove beef into a big bowl.

Wipe down pot: Wipe pot clean of burnt bits, if needed.

Cook bacon: Cool pot, add bacon. Place pot back onto medium heat. When you see some fat starting to melt, turn heat up to medium high and cook bacon until golden. Then remove into bowl with beef.

Cook mushrooms: Melt 30g/ 2tbsp butter in the pot. Cook mushrooms until golden with a pinch of salt and pepper. Remove into separate bowl with slotted spoon.

Cook other vegetables: Add onion, garlic, carrot and celery then cook for 5 minutes until onion is soft and sweet, not too golden.  Add oil if needed, but bacon fat + residual butter should be enough.

Oven slow cook: Add beef, bacon, Guinness, water, stock, 1/4 tsp salt and 3/4 tsp pepper. Stir then bring to simmer. Cover with lid, then transfer to oven for 1 hour.

Add mushrooms, then continue cooking in the oven for a further 1 hour. Meat should be starting to be tender at this stage.

Stove reduce: Remove pot from oven. Remove lid, then simmer on low heat for 20 minutes to reduce sauce. Meat should now be &quot;fall-apart-tender&quot; but just holding form (not disintegrating).

Sauce thickener (Beurre Manié - Note 4): Mix together butter and flour until smooth.

Thicken sauce: Stir Beurre Manié into sauce. Once melted, leave on the stove for another 2 minutes. Sauce should be thicker than a normal stew, like a honey consistency. Sauce will not thicken any more in oven, so make it exactly what you want - Note 7. Also, there will be more sauce than you expect for a pie - some gets absorbed by pastry (but won&#39;t make it soggy).

Cool: Cover pot with lid, then let it cool completely, preferably overnight. (Note 8)

Thicken Sauce and Cool:

Shortcrust base: Make and blind bake Shortcrust Pastry per that recipe using a 23cm/9” pie dish, whether using homemade or store bought. Then let it cool for at least 15 minutes (stays crispier).

Preheat oven: Turn oven up to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan).

Fill pie: Bring filling to room temp, do not use fridge cold. (Note 9) Fill pie with filling (use it all, pack it in a level surface or have slight mound).

Puff pastry lid: Partially thaw puff pastry (do not cut). Brush lip of pie crust base with egg, then top with puff pastry sheet. Trim excess with scissors, press to adhere to edges. Then press the tip of a fork around the edge to make little crimps (to further adhere + decorative).

Egg wash: Brush top with remaining whisked egg, then make a 2.5cm / 1&quot; X incision in middle to allow steam to escape (stops lid doming).

Bake: Bake 45 - 50 minutes until top is super golden. Rest 5 minutes. Brag in comments below that you made this magnificent pie. Save Nagi a slice. Then serve remainder with ketchup or Aussie tomato sauce!

Assemble and bake:

Everybody loves a good meat pie and this lamb, rosemary and garlic pie is just delicious!

Lamb, rosemary and garlic pies

1kg diced lamb

red onion, thinly sliced

garlic cloves, thinly sliced

golden delight potatoes, peeled, cubed

carrots, peeled, cubed

tomato paste

gravy powder

Massel beef stock

tbsp worcestershire sauce

rosemary

tbsp cornflour

frozen ready-rolled puff pastry, partially thawed

egg, lightly beaten

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