Ingredients
Serves 8
1 sprig rosemary
1 bunch thyme
3 cloves garlic
½ leek, washed and chopped
1 ½ banana shallots
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 stick celery
150 g butter
150 g flour
½ cup white wine or chicken stock
500-700 ml milk
400 g mushrooms
100 ml cream
1 roast chicken, shredded
1 cup frozen peas
1 packet Kataifi Pastry, room temperature
⅓ cup melted butter
Salt & pepper
Method
For this Kataifi Pastry recipe, take your Kataifi Pastry out of the fridge at least 2 hours before use to bring it up to room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Sweat leek, garlic, celery, shallots with salt and pepper in a large pot with the olive oil. Pull off the leaves from the rosemary and add to the pot.
Add butter, stir around until it begins to melt, then add thyme and stir through. Add flour and stir through, cooking the flour. Stir through the wine and then add milk gradually, continuously stirring as the sauce thickens.
Add mushrooms and stir through the sauce. Cook for a few minutes. Add cream and parsley.
Add chicken and peas to a tray. Pour the sauce over the chicken, gently stir the sauce to ensure its spread throughout the tray, coating all of the chicken.
Gently pull apart the strands of Kataifi Pastry with your hands. Loosely place it over the chicken so that it remains fluffy.
Drizzle melted butter over the pastry & bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Recipe by Adrian Richardson - Good Chef Bad Chef