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🍽️ Crispy Chicken Fricassee in a Puff Pastry Shell

651 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 leek stalk
• 250 g mushrooms
• 450 g chicken breast fillet
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 300 ml vegetable broth
• 2 tbsp crème fraîche (à 20 g)
• salt
• pepper
• nutmeg
• 2 tbsp cornstarch (à 15 g)
• 150 ml apple juice
• 1 tsp dried tarragon
• 350 g wholemeal puff pastry
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onion and garlic and chop both ingredients very finely.
2. 2. Wash the leek and mushrooms thoroughly and slice them into thin pieces.
3. 3. Pat the chicken dry with a kitchen towel and cut it into small cubes.
4. 4. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pot.
5. 5. Sauté the onion, garlic, and mushrooms over high heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
6. 6. Deglaze the pan with vegetable broth.
7. 7. Reduce the heat and let the mixture simmer for 5 minutes.
8. 8. Stir the crème fraîche into the sauce.
9. 9. Season the sauce with salt, pepper, and half a teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg.
10. 10. Set the sauce aside to cool down.
11. 11. Heat the remaining oil in a separate pan.
12. 12. Sauté the chicken and leek in it over high heat for about 3 minutes.
13. 13. Mix the cornstarch with some apple juice until no lumps remain.
14. 14. Pour the prepared mushroom sauce and the remaining apple juice into the pan.
15. 15. Add the cornstarch mixture and stir everything well.
16. 16. Bring the filling to a boil.
17. 17. Season the filling generously with tarragon, salt, and pepper.
18. 18. Place the chicken and leek mixture into a small baking dish.
19. 19. Cover the dish with the rolled-out puff pastry.
20. 20. Press the edges of the pastry firmly to seal them.
21. 21. Poke a small hole in the center of the pastry to let steam escape.
22. 22. Whisk the egg in a small bowl.
23. 23. Brush the surface of the puff pastry with the whisked egg.
24. 24. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (convection 180 degrees Celsius; gas mark 3).
25. 25. Bake the dish for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown.
26. 26. Cut the finished chicken fricassee into pieces.
27. 27. Serve the portions on plates.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 651
• Protein: 37 g · Fett/Fat: 39 g · Carbs: 39 g