Smoked Chicken Pies
Makes about 10 pies

For the smoked chicken:

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken
• Salt and pepper
• Pot with a tight fitting lid
• 125 ml wood shavings or tea leaves

Method:

1. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
2. Place a large pot on the stove, place wood shavings at the bottom of the pot and place a wire rack on top of the shavings.
3. Place the chicken on a tin plate, close the lid and smoke chicken on high heat for 15 minutes.
4. Turn down the heat and smoke for another 40 minutes until cooked.
5. Take the chicken out of the pot and keep the juice aside, let chicken cool down.
6. Remove the chicken from the bones and discard together with the skin.

For the pie:

Ingredients:

• 1 whole smoked chicken, shredded
• 250g mushrooms, chopped and fried until dry
• 300 ml white sauce
• 400g puff pastry, defrosted
• Flour for dusting
• 1 egg, beaten

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven to 200 C and prepare a baking tray with non-stick cooking spray and baking paper.
2. Mix the flaked chicken, mushrooms and white sauce together, add the juice from the chicken and season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Dust a clean surface with flour and roll out the pastry, cut into strips of the same size.
4. Place a big spoonful of the filling on one half of the strip.
5. Brush the sides with egg and fold the pastry over to close.
6. Close the ends of the pie with a fork, place the pies on the prepared baking tray.
7. Bake for 30 – 40 minutes until cooked and golden.