Chicken and Mushroom Pie – Tom Hixson of Smithfield

Ingredients

• 1 Whole Free Range Anglais chicken
• 400 grams Chestnut mushrooms (Wiped and cut in four)
• A good pinch of dried cep or other dried mushroom
• 1 Head of garlic sliced horizontally
• 1 Leek (Split and washed)
• 1 Chicken pot (Dissolved in a litre and a half of hot water)
• 1 Small onion (Peeled)
• Few sprigs of Thyme
• Pinch of Black pepper corns
• A few sprigs of tarragon
• 500 grams Block puff pastry
• 150 grams Unsalted butter (Diced)
• 150 grams Plain Flour
• Flour for Dusting
• 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
• 1 Large Egg
• Splash of Milk