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      Title: Chicken and Ham Pie
 Categories: Pie, Poultry, Main dish
      Yield: 6 servings
 
      3 lb Broiling chicken
      2 lb Ham
      1 lg Onion; sliced
      3    Bay leaves
      1 ts Dried thyme
           Salt & pepper
      1 c  Peas; uncooked
      1    Pastry crust; to cover
 
  Put the chicken and ham in a large pot and cover with water. Add
  the onion, bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil,
  turn down the heat, cover, and simmer for about 1-1/2 hours, or
  until the chicken is very tender. Turn off the heat and let stand,
  covered, for 1 hour. Discard the bay leaves.
  
  Take out the chicken and ham, and carve them into slices,
  discarding the chicken bones and ham rind if there is one. Set the
  pot aside.
  
  Preheat the oven to 400°F. Layer the chicken and ham slices in an
  8" deep dish pie pan, shaking some of the peas and boiled onion
  from the pot on each layer. When the layering has been completed,
  add the liquid from the pot, but no higher than 1/2" from the rim
  of the pie pan.
  
  Dip your finger in the liquid, and wet the rim of the pie pan. Lay
  the pastry over the dish, press down, and crimp with a fork.

  Trim off the overhang, and make three slits in the center of the
  dough (for escaping steam).

  Brush the pastry with milk, and put it in the oven for 15 minutes.

  Then reduce the heat to 350°F, and continue baking for another 10
  to 15 minutes, or until the pie crust is nicely browned.
  
  Source: Irish Country Cooking - Malachi McCormick (c)1988
  
  From: Grant Ames
  Date: 03-09
 
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