You cooked chicken pot pie wrong! The Michelin-starred chef's top tips for the classic dish
You cooked the chicken pot pie wrong! The starred Lake District chef reveals his top tips for making the classic dish (and why it should ALWAYS have a base) Chef Paul Leonard runs the starred restaurant Forest Side in Cumbria. MORE: Inside London's Shangri-La The Shard, the hotel in the clouds
Where do most people go wrong in their cooking? Apparently it's when they complicate a dish.
That's according to award-winning chef Paul Leonard, who runs the star-studded Forest Side restaurant in the Lake District , Cumbria.
Speaking to MailOnline Travel, the Hull-born chef explains: "I'm a firm believer that cooking is cooking. You can't reinventing the wheel with. I think you'll find some of the best meals you have are the simplest.'
That said, it then reveals a way simple to make a classic chicken pot pie - the ultimate comfort food.
Leonard, who has run the Forest Side since 2019, says that when he prepares the dish at home, he roasts a whole chicken, then takes all the meat from the bird once it comes out of the oven.
Where do most people go wrong in their cooking? Apparently it's when they complicate a dish.
That's according to award-winning chef Paul Leonard, who runs the star-studded Forest Side restaurant in the Lake District , Cumbria.
Speaking to MailOnline Travel, the Hull-born chef explains: "I'm a firm believer that cooking is cooking. You can't reinventing the wheel with. I think you'll find some of the best meals you have are the simplest.'
That said, it then reveals a way simple to make a classic chicken pot pie - the ultimate comfort food.
Leonard, who has run the Forest Side since 2019, says that when he prepares the dish at home, he roasts a whole chicken, then takes all the meat from the bird once it comes out of the oven.
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