African Chicken Pie Recipe - A Delicious South African Dish

Ingredients

• 5 lb (2.27 kg) stewing or roasting hen
• 1 large onion, peeled and quartered
• 6 whole allspice
• 4 whole cloves
• 1/4 tsp mace
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 peppercorns
• 1/2 lb (227 g) ham, cubed
• 3 cups water
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/4 cup cream of wheat
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
• 1 recipe puff pastry (see below)
• 1 egg, beaten with 1 tbsp water for pastry coating