CHICKEN PIE

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A very tasty pie with crunchy crust and lightly creamy filling. You'll need chicken, tomato, corn kernels, béchamel sauce, parmesan cheese... Get the ingredients and let's do it!

300g flour

3/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 tbsp baking powder

1 pinch of salt

100g cold butter, cut into cubes

1 egg

100ml cold milk

Filling

1 chicken breast, boiled and shredded

1 onion, diced

1 seedless tomato, diced

1/2 cup cooked corn kernels

250g béchamel sauce

2 eggs

100g creamy requeijão

3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Sift together flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Rub with your fingertips the cold butter. Add milk and egg, kneading just until is incorporated. Cover with a plastic and chill for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350˚F.

Roll out the dough and cover a 25cm round pan, pick with a fork and bake for about 20 minutes, until the dough is lightly golden brown.

Filling

Fry onion in a little oil. Add tomato and fry. Stir chicken, corn kernels and béchamel sauce. Cook a little more. Let to cool slightly.

In a bowl, whisk eggs, requeijão and Parmesan cheese. Stir chicken. Place the filling over the baked dough and let to bake again for 20 minutes or until the filling is set.

Serve: 10 portions.