Pot pie

Pot pie
Type Savoury pie
Main ingredients Meat (beef, chicken, lamb or turkey), gravy, mixed vegetables (potatoes, carrots, green beans and peas)

A pot pie is a type of meat pie with a top pie crust, sometimes a bottom pie crust, consisting of flaky pastry.[1] Pot pies may be made with a variety of fillings including poultry, beef, seafood, or plant-based fillings, and may also differ in the types of crust. In the United States, chicken pot pie is one of the most popular types of pot pies and it can vary significantly in terms of both preparation and ingredients.

Origin

Pot pie is believed to have originated in Greece. The Greeks cooked meats mixed with other ingredients in open pastry shells, and these were called Artocreas. The Romans took this recipe and added a top to the pastry crust, making it a fully enclosed meat pie.[2] In the United States in the 19th Century, Americans became enamored of a pie that featured robins. The settlers who came to America took their pot pie recipes with them when they moved westward. By the present century, chicken pot pies and meat variations have become a widely popular American dish.[3]

Preparation

Pot pie can be prepared in a number of ways including in a skillet over a stovetop, [4] in a baking dish in an oven, [5] or in a Mountain Pie Iron over a campfire. [6] Common ingredients include diced chicken, carrots, celery, onion, peas, seasonings and chicken broth. The pie shell can be made from scratch or can be fashioned from store bought pie crust or biscuit dough.

Pennsylvania Dutch pot pie

In the Pennsylvania Dutch region, some people make a dish called "bot boi" (or "bott boi") by Pennsylvania German-speaking natives. Pennsylvania Dutch pot pie is a stew and has no pastry.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pot Pie". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Why Is It Called Chicken Pot Pie?". Zia's Kitchen. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Meat Pot Pie Has a Colorful History : Pastry Dish, an Old Standby, Goes Back to Roman Empire". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Easy Skillet Chicken Pot Pie". Perdue.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Creamy Chicken Pot Pie". Perdue.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Campfire Chicken Pot Pie". Perdue.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Longacre, D. J. (1976). More-with-Less Cookbook. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press
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