# GROSSE TOURTE SA MÈRE AU POULET, LARD, CHAMPIS, POIREAUX, CRÈME & VIN BLANC

This is a rich chicken pie with bacon, leeks, mushrooms, cream, and white wine, inspired by English pot pies.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 chicken fillets
- 1 packet smoked bacon (matchsticks)
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 chopped leek
- 3 gros portobello mushrooms, cut into large cubes
- 2 garlic cloves
- 50 g butter
- 50 g flour
- 500 ml poultry broth
- 10 cl dry white wine
- 15 cl dry white wine
- 20 ml liquid heavy cream
- 1 good spoonful strong mustard
- 1 puff pastry
- salt
- pepper
- Espelette pepper (optional)
- thyme
- blinde fresh parsley
- 1 egg

## Instructions

1. Sear the bacon until golden brown.
2. In the same pan or cocotte, cook the diced chicken, season with salt and Espelette pepper.
3. Remove the chicken and bacon and set aside.
4. In the same cocotte, sauté the chopped onion with the leek and garlic in butter.
5. Add the mushrooms and brown them, then season with salt and thyme.
6. Deglaze with white wine and scrape the bottom of the pan to incorporate the sugars.
7. Add the flour, then the poultry broth, and mix well until it thickens.
8. Add the liquid cream.
9. Season with strong mustard and pepper.
10. Return the chicken and bacon to the sauce to finish cooking.
11. At the very end, add a generous amount of fresh parsley.
12. Pour all the contents into a gratin dish.
13. Cover with a puff pastry, making small holes everywhere.
14. Gild the puff pastry with an egg.
15. Bake for 20 minutes at 190°C.
16. Let it cool down a bit before serving to avoid burns.

## Equipment

- pan
- cocotte
- gratin dish
- oven

## Tips

- Don't burn the lardons, they will give taste.
- Deglaze with white wine and scrape the bottom to get all the sugars for taste.
- Make small holes in the puff pastry before baking.
- Let it cool down a bit after taking it out of the oven because it will be very hot.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNR2vgJ4S/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/982c4043-b814-48fb-aa56-5f5af7888874
- Extracted: 2025-12-23

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