Chicken and bacon pie

Name: Chicken and bacon pie
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 3 h
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 skinless chicken legs (thigh and drumstick); 4 celery sticks, chopped; 4 bay leaves, roughly sliced; 200ml/7fl oz dry white wine; 300ml/10fl oz chicken stock; 250g/9oz smoked back bacon (about 7 rashers), cut into small pieces; 1 large onion, roughly chopped; 50g/1¾oz butter; 60g/2¼oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 2 tbsp full-fat crème fraîche; 1 tbsp grainy mustard; 2 x 375g packets ready-rolled, all-butter puff pastry; 1 egg, beaten; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Prep:1hCook:2h

This creamy chicken and bacon pie topped with an impressive pastry lattice makes a wonderful centrepiece for a special family meal. If you want to keep things simple, just top with a sheet of puff pastry and trim. For this recipe you will need a 1.75 litre/3 pint shallow, wide-based ovenproof dish, about 25cm/10in in diameter.

Updated at: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:02:13 GMT