Chicken and Fennel Pie with Bacon-Biscuit Crust Recipe

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Chicken and Fennel Pie with Bacon-Biscuit Crust
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  1. Make filling: In a 4- to 5-quart heavy kettle combine water, broth, chicken breast and leg, peppercorns, and bay leaf and bring to a boil. Simmer mixture, covered, until breast is just cooked through, about 12 minutes, and transfer breast with tongs to a bowl. Simmer mixture 5 minutes more, or until leg is just cooked through, and transfer leg with tongs to bowl. When chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat in large pieces, discarding skin and bones, and put in a large bowl. Pour broth through a fine sieve into a bowl and return to cleaned kettle. Trim fennel stalks flush with bulbs, discarding stalks, and halve bulbs lengthwise. Thinly slice fennel crosswise and cut carrots into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Peel potato and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Thinly slice onion. Simmer vegetables in broth until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes, and with a slotted spoon add to chicken. Measure out 2 cups stock and reserve remainder for another use. Mince garlic and finely chop parsley. Add garlic, parsley, and fennel seeds to chicken mixture.
  2. In a heavy saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat and stir in flour. Cook roux, stirring, 3 minutes and whisk in 2 cups stock in a stream. Bring mixture to a boil, whisking, and simmer sauce, whisking, 5 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper and pour over chicken mixture, stirring gently to combine. Filling may be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely before being chilled, covered. Reheat filling before proceeding. Spoon filling into a 12-inch (10-cup) round baking dish.
  3. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  4. Make crust: Chop bacon and in a heavy skillet cook over moderate heat, stirring, until crisp. Transfer bacon with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, reserving 1 tablespoon bacon fat, and mince.
  5. Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add cream, bacon, and reserved fat and with a fork stir until mixture just forms a dough. Gather dough into a ball and on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out into a 12 1/2-inch round (about 1/2 inch thick). Trim dough to create a 12-inch round and with a large knife cut dough into 12 wedges. Arrange wedges on filling in overlapping pairs. In a small bowl whisk together yolk and milk and lightly brush onto crust.
  6. Bake pie in middle of oven until crust is puffed and golden and filling is bubbling, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve pie warm.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 903.33 Kcal (3782 kJ)
Calories from fat 467.26 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 51.92g 80%
Cholesterol 192.38mg 64%
Sodium 1373.2mg 57%
Potassium 1226.38mg 26%
Total Carbs 76.33g 25%
Sugars 3.92g 16%
Dietary Fiber 7.11g 28%
Protein 31.89g 64%
Vitamin C 21.7mg 36%
Vitamin A 0.7mg 25%
Iron 3.2mg 18%
Calcium 250.3mg 25%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 140.73 Kcal (589 kJ)
Calories from fat 72.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.09g 80%
Cholesterol 29.97mg 64%
Sodium 213.93mg 57%
Potassium 191.05mg 26%
Total Carbs 11.89g 25%
Sugars 0.61g 16%
Dietary Fiber 1.11g 28%
Protein 4.97g 64%
Vitamin C 3.4mg 36%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 25%
Iron 0.5mg 18%
Calcium 39mg 25%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 21.6
    Points
  • 24
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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