Chicken pie recipe | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 (1.8kg) chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 6 thyme sprigs
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 100 gm butter, coarsely chopped
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, finely chopped
• 100 gm (2/3 cup) plain flour
• 1/4 cup each finely chopped flat-leaf parsley and tarragon
• 1 tbsp finely chopped lovage or celery leaves
• For brushing: eggwash
• To serve: Dijon mustard
• Cornmeal pastry
• 690 gm plain flour
• 90 gm polenta
• 250 gm butter, finely chopped