Go Back
Chicken Tarragon Tart
Print
Chicken and Tarragon Tart - Filling

This recipe is from the cookbook by Richard Bertinet "Pastry"

I halved the filling ingredients for a smaller pie.

Course: chicken
Servings: 8
Author: Richard Bertinet
Ingredients
  • 100 g butter
  • 100 g flour
  • 1 litre milk
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 50 g emmenthal cheese, chopped
  • 30 g parmesan cheese, grated
  • 500 g chicken meat, poached or taken off the carcus of a roast chicken
  • 2 Tblsp olive oil
  • 250 g tiny button mushrooms, or larger ones chopped
  • 2 Tblsp french Tarragon, chopped
  • 1 Tblsp parsley, chopped
  • 2 tsp dijon mustard
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Dash of nutmeg powder to taste
Instructions

  1. Reduce the oven heat to 180ºF.

    To make the filling melt the butter in a pan and add the flour, cook for 1 minute, whisking all the time.

  2. Add the milk gradually, whisking until the mixture boils and thickens.  Lower the heat to a simmer and let the mixture cook, whisking all the time.  About a minute.

  3. Whisk in the egg yolks, cheeses and mustard, and season to taste with the salt and pepper, and nutmeg.  Take off the heat and allow to cool.

  4. I like to poach my chicken (skinless breasts or thighs) in a little water with a bay leaf and a few peppercorns.  You can fry or grill  it if you prefer, but I find the chicken is more tender and white when poached .  Shread or chop the chicken up into small pieces.  

  5. Fry the button mushrooms gently in the olive oil for a few minutes until soft and slightly golden.(chopped in half if small and chopped into smaller pieces if using bigger mushrooms).

  6. Add the chopped chicken and mushrooms to the sauce together with the chopped French Tarragon and Parsley.

  7. Pour this mixture onto the baked pastry and return to the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until the filling is golden and just set if you wobble the tray.

  8. Eat while it is warm and runny or serve at room temperature with a green salad.