Chicken and ham pie

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 pounds Broiling chicken
2 pounds Ham
1 each Onion, large, sliced
3 eaches Bay leaves
1 teaspoon Thyme, dried
Salt & pepper
1 cup Peas, uncooked
1 each Pastry crust, to cover

Directions

Put the chicken and ham in a large pot and cover with water. Add the onion, bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat, cover, and simmer for about 1½ hours, or until the chicken is very tender. Turn off the heat and let stand, covered, for 1 hour. Discard the bay leaves.

Take out the chicken and ham, and carve them into slices, discarding the chicken bones and ham rind if there is one. Set the pot aside.

Preheat the oven to 400 degF. Layer the chicken and ham slices in an 8" deep dish pie pan, shaking some of the peas and boiled onion from the pot on each layer. When the layering has been completed, add the liquid from the pot, but no higher than ½ inch from the rim of the pie pan.

Dip your finger in the liquid, and wet the rim of the pie pan. Lay the pastry over the dish, press down, and crimp with a fork. Trim off the overhang, and make three slits in the center of the dough (for escaping steam). Brush the pastry with milk, and put it in the oven for 15 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 350 degF, and continue baking for another 10 to 15 minutes, or until the pie crust is nicely browned.

Source: Irish Country Cooking - Malachi McCormick (c)1988 Submitted By GRANT AMES On 03-09-95

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