autumn essentials: chicken cottage potpie tart

How To Make autumn essentials: chicken cottage potpie tart

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  Step 1
  PREP/PREPARE
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  Step 2
  Chef’s Note: What is it about a potpie that we love so much? Is it the yummy veggies and meat caressed in a velvety sauce? Is it that awesome flaky top? I don’t know what it is, but a potpie is nothing but pure comfort food. My first attempt at this dish was to put a potpie filling inside a nice flaky butter pastry crust, but it didn’t work. When you cut the pie into sections, the filling oozed out. It tasted good, but visually it was a big mess on the plate. I needed to have a thick filling that would stand up to cutting into sections, and still have that wonderful velvety sauce. My solution was to combine a cottage pie with a potpie, and separate the sauce. I think you’ll like what I’ve come up with.
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  Step 3
  Chef’s Note: You will need a recipe for a good pastry tart shell, potpie gravy, and mash potatoes. At the end of this recipe, I'll give you some ideas on what will work the best.
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  Step 4
  THE CHICKEN
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  Step 5
  Gather your ingredients.
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  Step 6
  Add the butter, and olive oil to a sauté pan over medium low heat.
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  Step 7
  Sprinkle some salt and pepper on both sides of the chicken breast. Add to the sauté pan, cover, and allow to slowly cook until the juices in the chicken run clear.
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  Step 8
  Chef’s Note: Depending on the thickness of the chicken breast, this could take from 5 to 10 minutes.
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  Step 9
  Remove the chicken from the pan, allow to cool, dice, and reserve.
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  Step 10
  Chef’s Note: Do not clean out the pan, leave the chicken juices, and remaining butter and oil. You will be using it to sauté the veggies.
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  Step 11
  THE VEGGIES
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  Step 12
  Gather your ingredients.
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  Step 13
  Add the veggies to the same sauté pan that you cooked the chicken, and raise the heat to medium.
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  Step 14
  Sauté them until they begin to soften, about 4 to 6 minutes.
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  Step 15
  Mix the reserved chicken with the veggies, and allow to cool.
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  Step 16
  Place a rack in the middle position, and preheat the oven to 375f ( 190c).
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  Step 17
  Mix in several tablespoons of your potpie gravy, but just enough to bring the veggies, and chicken together. Recipe suggestion at the end of this recipe.
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  Step 18
  Add the cooled veggies and chicken to the tart shell. Recipe suggestion at the end of this recipe.
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  Step 19
  Top the dish with some yummy mash potatoes, about a 1.5 cups.
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  Step 20
  Place into the preheated oven, until warmed through, and the mash potatoes begin to brown, about 30 -35 minutes.
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  Step 21
  Remove from the oven, and allow to rest for about 5 minutes.
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  Step 22
  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Step 23
  Cut out a slice, and serve with some of the potpie gravy. Enjoy
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  Step 24
  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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  Step 25
  ADDITIONAL ITEMS
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  Step 26
  Here is a recipe for a good pastry tart shell: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/pie/autumn-essentials-super-flaky-pie-tart-crust.html?p=6
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  Step 27
  Here is a recipe for some yummy potpie gravy: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/sauce-spread-other-sauce-spread/french-sauce-supreme.html?p=4
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