Butter Chick'n Pie

I came across this idea at the Auckland vegan fair. There was a stall that was selling pies with fake chicken inside. They had quite a few flavours but their most popular one was the butter chicken. I thought it was amazing and such a cool idea. I decided to recreate it, but use completely different pastry, and no fake chicken because I want this to be a bit more healthy. I also used soaked cashews blitzed up as my cream, instead of using coconut milk/cream. Enjoy! It's delicious!

Recipe -

Ingredients :

1 chopped onion

3 cloves of garlic (crushed)

2 tsp garam masala

1 tsp cumin, cinnamon and ginger

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (depending on how hot you like it)

1 1/2 cup vegetable stock

3 cups tinned tomatoes (1.5 tins)

1 tbsp maple syrup 

1/2 cup raw cashews

1 can of chickpeas (drained)

Puff pastry (one packet)

Method :

Soak cashews in hot water for about 1/2 an hour or overnight.

In a pan on medium/high heat, sauté the onions and garlic in water (about one cup, keep adding more if needed) until soft. Add the spices and about 1/2 of veggie stock, continue to cook for a few more minutes until the spices become fragrant. 

Add the remainder of the stock, the tinned tomatoes and the maple syrup. Simmer for about 10-15 mins.

Drain the cashews and place in a blender with 1/3 of the sauce on stove (add more sauce if blender is finding it difficult). This should blend into a thick, creamy, very smooth sauce. 

Add the blended cashews to the sauce and the chickpeas, cook for 2-5 mins.

Grease a baking dish with vegan butter and lay down the puff pastry to form a base and 4 walls. Press together so there are no gaps. 

Pour in the butter chicken and place another piece of pastry on top to cover. fold over the pastry pieces on the side and gently press them together. You can brush the pie with almond milk of vegan butter if you would like a glaze. 

Place in a preheated oven at 180degrees for around 25-35mins or until crisp and golden. 

Serve with lemon/garlic yoghurt and fresh coriander.

Recipe for yoghurt sauce :

Full video on how I made it :