Curried Turkey Pot Pie
3
- Prep Time40 min
- Total Time1 h 50 min
- Makes4 to 6 servings
Recipes and Food Styling by Eshun Mott. Produced by Sun Ngo. Photography by Carmen Cheung. Prop Styling by Madeleine Johari.
A fragrant pot pie made with ginger and curry is cozy in all the right ways.
Ingredients
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp canola oil
1 1⁄2 cups chopped onion
1 1⁄2 cups peeled, diced carrots
1 cup diced celery
2 tbsp chopped garlic
4 tsp finely chopped ginger
2 tbsp Madras or mild curry paste, preferably Patak’s
6 tbsp all-purpose flour
3 cups homemade or low-sodium turkey or chicken broth (or leftover gravy, see tip)
2 tbsp soy sauce (optional)
1 tsp brown sugar (optional)
4 cups diced leftover turkey
2 cups diced green beans (fresh or leftover)
1/2 cup cooked spinach or other hearty green (optional)
Topping
1 225-g sheet butter puff pastry
1 large egg
1 tbsp 35% cream
Flaked sea salt, for garnish
Instructions
Melt butter with oil in a heavy pot set over medium. Add onion. Cook, stirring often, until soft and light golden, about 5 min. Add carrots and celery. Cook until carrots soften, about 8 min. Add garlic and ginger. Cook 1 min. Stir in curry paste until fragrant, about 1 min.
Sprinkle flour evenly over vegetables. Cook, stirring, until flour begins to brown on bottom of pot. Pour in broth. Scrape up and stir in any brown bits from pot bottom. Simmer for 2 to 3 min. Taste and adjust flavour with soy sauce and sugar as needed.
Stir in turkey, green beans and spinach. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Simmer until flavours come together, 2 to 3 min. Remove from heat and let cool completely, about 1 hr.
Position rack in centre of oven, then preheat to 425F. Scrape cooled turkey mixture into a 9 × 9-in. baking dish.
Topping: Unroll and drape pastry over dish. Whisk egg with cream in a small bowl. Brush egg wash between pastry and the lip of the dish to help pastry stick, then brush top of pastry. Cut slits to let steam escape. Sprinkle sea salt overtop. Season with pepper.
Bake until pastry is lightly browned and filling starts to bubble through slits, 25 to 30 min. Reduce heat to 375F. Bake until pastry is cooked through, about 10 more min.
Kitchen tips
- If using leftover gravy, substitute equal parts gravy for broth. For every 1 cup gravy used, reduce flour in recipe by 2 tbsp. If using 3 cups gravy, omit flour altogether.
- This delicious pot pie can also be made with frozen turkey leftovers.
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