Julius Roberts Chicken & Leek Pie Recipe | As seen on Saturday Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 quality chicken (better the chicken, better the pie)
• olive oil, for frying
• 1 brown onion
• 2 sticks celery
• 1 carrot
• 3 bay leaves
• 3 sticks celery
• 3 large leeks
• 6 rashers of the best smoked streaky bacon you can find
• 30g butter
• 600ml poaching broth from the chicken
• 50g plain flour
• A generous glass of white wine (150ml)
• 200ml double cream
• 1 heaped tbsp Dijon mustard
• 20g fresh tarragon
• 1 egg
• 2 sheets of all-butter puff pastry, or homemade rough puff pastry
• fennel seeds