Chicken/Turkey Pot Pie.

So for pretty much the entire month of November, I cooked all sorts of new dishes using bits of other people's recipes and lots of luck. I don't even know how to get back on track with my blogs, so I'll just pick a different November recipe until I run out or decide to use recipes from the present haha. 

Some of my favorite dishes were chicken and turkey pot pies, using leftovers from either the oven-roasted chicken or turkey. Kevin and I bought special little ramekins specifically for pot-pies and they are adorable!

As for the recipe, I think for the most part it was very similar to Barefoot Contessa's, with the little pearl onions, frozen peas, mostly boiled potatoes, chopped carrots, celery and onion, as well as a sauce made from a traditional butter and flour rue and lots of good chicken stock (not homemade, because let's face it, it's a hassle and if it's not used quickly it goes to waste, sorry Ina). There were also the classic spices, pepper, salt, garlic powder, oregano, and a dash of crushed red pepper flakes. We cooked up all the hardy veggies first, then added them to the rue, and then added the chicken, pearl onions, potatoes, and peas. Then the seasonings, and finally, the chicken (or turkey). Once it was bubbling and we had considering skipping the baking part altogether (it looked so good we just wanted to eat it!), we spooned the thick and colorful filling into the ramekins.

We had made a traditional pastry dough, y'know-- flour, butter, water, and added spices to it to make it a more savory treat.So we rolled that out and cut it out to put on our pies. Rather than do the classic pot pie with pastry dough on all four sides, we only coated the top of the ramekin. 

We egg washed the sides of the dishes and tried to place the dough so that it would look like it had just fallen onto it, then egg washed it and made cute little shapes. Then we baked them in a 350 degree oven until the crust was golden brown. I'll just post the finished product recipes for both:

This batch had turkey and a savory crust, and as you can tell it was after thanksgiving so we had moved on to our Christmas decorations

Kevin's had a cute little candy cane on it.

 

Mine had a little snowman.

This is our chicken batch, we out little moons and heart shapes cut out free-hand because I didn't know where the cookie cutters were =]

This is how I picture an alternate universe in my dreams, Kevin and I are food.

This batch of pies had a pepper and salt crust unlike the savory crust that we made later.

MmmmM, my spoon fell in love.

Kevin tried to get a good representative spoonful of the filling. Neither of us wanted to destroy our pies right away.

Here's a little peek into the yummy world inside the dish. Oh it was delicious!

 So anyways, I hope you not only enjoyed that little picture show, but that you actually try to make some yummy pies on your own! I'll post the recipe as soon as I go and actually figure out how much of everything I used (I eyeball it when I'm cooking, but I'll look at the actual measurements and update soon!). Happy holidays and may you and your tummy stay warm and full!!!

I'm Coming Back!

So I realize I haven't updated in a while, but I somehow got busy! With the recent holidays I ended up doing alot more than I usually do and so even though I've been cooking like crazy, I haven't gotten a chance to post anything. Alas I have tons of pictures and recipes to share and will post them sometime this week. I guess I lost enthusiasm because I didn't think anyone was reading this, and let's face it, very few people do, but I appreciate the few that do, so hang in there strangers, i'll post something new real soon! I think I'm also going to add a link on my facebook page that way my friends can actually know about the existence of this page and I won't be relying solely on the random person to stumble on it (not that I mind that, it was my original intention). Also, I will continue to cook my random personal recipes rather than focus primarily on Ina's; although I love her I find it hard to cook only her food. She's a fancy lady, and I'm not as good, alas someday! Okay, well new posts to come! I promise!