I had a thawed chicken breast...
And I had a half-recipe of pie dough from the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie.
It had turned cold, and this was my only free day this weekend.
I wanted comfort times 100...
So I made a velouté (really just a béchamel using stock instead of milk or cream, i.e., make a butter and flour roux... and add boiling stock, in this case, turkey stock). I barely cooked a medium-diced potato... a medium-diced carrot... and a cup of lima beans (well, I didn't have any peas!).
I added a big splash of sherry to the velouté, combined the vegetables and the velouté, and then let it all cool. Next I decided to sauté some diced onions, and added them to the mix. If you're cooking along, now's the time to taste... And add salt and pepper as you like...
Now here's the crazy part: dice the chicken breast (fairly small dice) and add it raw to the mixture. Yes, I said, "raw!" Why cook it twice?
I put all of the veg/chicken and the velouté in an oven-safe dish, topped it with the rolled-out pie crust, egg-washed the crust... And baked it at 400o for about 40 minutes...
Make sure some of the sauce is bubbling out of the crust...
Portion it out on very hot plates... Sprinkle with minced parsley... You may want a bit of salt...
This is comfort food to the nth degree! And perfect for a cold December night!
(Assuming, of course, that we have another one...)