Chicken Puffs With Sausage

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 9 frozen patty shells
• 8 chicken thighs
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 lb fresh mushrooms, minced
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup light cream
• 1/2 cup wine
• 8 lamb sausage links, cooked
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons light cream

Recipe

• 1 place package of patty shells in refrigerator for at least 8 hours to defrost.
• 2 season chicken thighs with salt and pepper to taste.
• 3 brown well in butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• 4 add broth, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until tender.
• 5 remove chicken from pan and cool.
• 6 add mushrooms to pan and simmer for 3 minutes.
• 7 blend flour, salt and pepper into mushroom mixture.
• 8 add 1 cup light cream and wine and stir over medium heat until thickened.
• 9 cool.
• 10 remove bones, skin and cartilage from chicken, leaving meat in whole piece.
• 11 place a sausage in each thigh.
• 12 roll each patty shell on a lightly floured pastry cloth into a 6-inch square.
• 13 place about 2 tablespoons of mushroom mixture in center of each pastry square and top with a stuffed chicken thigh.
• 14 fold pastry over chicken and place seam side down on a greased baking sheet.
• 15 at this point the packets can be refrigerated for several hours.
• 16 brush each packet with egg yolk mixed with cream and decorate with tiny pieces of pastry cut from remaining patty shell.
• 17 brush again with yolk mixture and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden.
• 18 serve with sauce madere.