Louisburg Chicken Pie

Ingredients

• 2 lb chicken breast or turkey breast portion
• 3 medium onions chopped
• 3 stalks celery chopped
• 6 black peppercorns
• 3 c water
• 1 lb pork sausage crumbled cooked and drained
• 2 c cooked cubed potatoes
• 2 c sliced fresh mushrooms cooked and drained
• 1 10 oz pkg frozen peas and carrots thawed
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 12 tsp dried rosemary crushed
• 12 tsp dried thyme crushed
• 12 tsp salt
• 14 tsp pepper
• 12 c all-purpose flour
• 12 c dry sherry
• pastry for 2 crust pie
• 1 egg beaten

Directions

1. In large saucepan or Dutch oven combine chicken or turkey with onions celery peppercorns and water
2. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes or until poultry is tender
3. Remove from stock
4. Strain stock and set aside to cool about 3 cups
5. Discard onion celery and peppercorns
6. Skin and debone poultry cut into bite-sized pieces set aside