Pie

Chicken Korma-Style Pastry Pie

Prep45 min
Cook65 min
Total110 min
Serves6
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Method

Make it happen

  1. 01

    Rub the butter into the flour and salt, leaving a few pea-sized pieces. Add cold water gradually to bring the dough together. Roll into a rectangle, fold in thirds twice and chill for 30 minutes to make a quick rough-puff pastry.

  2. 02

    Roll pastry to 4 mm thick, large enough to cover a 24 cm pie dish.

  3. 03

    Cook onion, ginger and curry powder in oil for 5 minutes, then add diced chicken and brown lightly.

  4. 04

    Add stock and coconut milk and simmer until chicken is fully cooked. Stir in almonds and peas and reduce until thick; cool fully before topping.

  5. 05

    Heat the oven to 190°C fan. Transfer the filling to a 24 cm pie dish and let it cool enough that it will not melt the pastry. Lay on the rolled pastry, press around the rim and cut two small steam holes.

  6. 06

    Bake for 35 minutes until the homemade pastry is puffed, deeply golden and cooked through. Rest 10 minutes before serving.