Chicken Filo Tart

1 hour 30 mins cooking time
If you are in the mood for a pie with a crispy and flaky top and a warm, soft filling, this filo pastry chicken pie is the perfect choice. It is a filo tart filled with vegetables, cheese, and chicken – an easy recipe that suits both on busy days and lazy weekends.
Chicken Filo Tart Chicken Filo Tart

Chicken Filo Tart

  • 1 hour 30 mins cooking time
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If you are in the mood for a pie with a crispy and flaky top and a warm, soft filling, this filo pastry chicken pie is the perfect choice. It is a filo tart filled with vegetables, cheese, and chicken – an easy recipe that suits both on busy days and lazy weekends.
If you are in the mood for a pie with a crispy and flaky top and a warm, soft filling, this filo pastry chicken pie is the perfect choice. It is a filo tart filled with vegetables, cheese, and chicken – an easy recipe that suits both on busy days and lazy weekends.

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 180C/165C fan/gas mark 4.
2
Start by making the filling. Sprinkle chicken breast with salt and pepper. Pan fry the chicken breast in a little butter on both sides until done, about 12 minutes. Wash the spinach several times. Wilt the leaves in a hot pan and a little water until they collapse, then drain straight away, to get as much excess water out as possible. Cut the zucchini into 2x2 cm square pieces, cut the leek into slices, then rinse in cold water and drain well.
3
Sauté the zucchini in butter for about 8 minutes, add the leeks and garlic for the last 4 minutes, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cut the cooked chicken into strips. Turn off the heat and mix in the chicken, eggs, creme fraiche, and shredded cheese, stirring it all together. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
4
Butter a baking tin 24cm in diameter.
5
Now unfold the pastry, but keep it covered with a damp tea towel as you work to prevent it from drying out. Place a sheet on a worktop, then brush it carefully with melted butter, place another sheet of filo on top of the first, slightly rotated, brush with butter again. Repeat the process so that the 5 sheets of pastry form a pentagonal star. Place the pastry in the prepared tin. Then place the pie mixture in the tin covered by the filo dough. Now fold the sides of filo dough all around the edge about 2cm wide, then carefully butter the pastry top with the melted butter.
6
Bake for 30 minutes.

Our best tips for filo tart

Filo pastry is relatively easy to work with as long as you remember to cover it completely to keep it from drying out and to brush it with melted butter. The most important part of the filo tart is the crispiness and that is guaranteed if you remember to defrost it properly. Filo dough is delicate, and you need to do it right to keep it from going soggy. If you have frozen filo then start the defrosting process the day before making the tart and defrost it in the original packaging in the refrigerator – it will get soggy if you defrost it at room temperature. It is also important not to make the filling too wet as this will also make the filo dough soggy.
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