If a pot pie is not your thing, try our famous leftover turkey soup or stew! Winter months come with a bit of a negative rep. Short days, long and cold nights, not a lot of sunshine. You get the idea. However, there are also lovely things that colder nights are filled with. Soups, stews, cozy casserole dishes and all the pies!
Pot Pie Recipes
There is quite a bit of controversy that surrounds a proper pot pie definition. Some people, me included, believe a pot pie is a creamy savoury pie baked in a deep (keyword!) dish with a top crust. Others argue that a real pot pie should have a double crust. Whichever side you are on in this argument, I believe the number of crusts shouldn’t be a point of contention but rather the taste of a said pie! I quite like making mine with leftover roast chicken or turkey and seasonal vegetables. My chicken pot pie with roasted pumpkin, cauliflower and flavoured with rosemary is well loved by my family and readers, as is Chicken and Mushroom Pie and its cousin Chicken and Leek Pie. The turkey pot pie recipe I am sharing today is more traditional than the chicken one. It’s filled with a mixture of leftover turkey, peas, carrots and leeks cooked together in a creamy sauce flavoured with Marsala. It’s almost like the fabulous Chicken Marsala decided not to go out but stay in and spend the evening under a cozy puff pastry blanket! This turkey pot pie is the perfect dinner to enjoy while watching a Christmas classic like Miracle on the 34th Street!
Serving Suggestions
I might be partial but I believe almost anything could be enjoyed with a side of creamy mashed potatoes! This pot pie will be absolutely delicious with our Herb and Garlic Mashed Potatoes or Sweet Potato and Swede (Rutabaga) Mash. The choice is yours! Cold Weather Cozy Dishes To Try:
Russian Sweet and Sour Beef Stew Solyanka Slow Cooker Campfire Stew Thai Noodle Soup (hot and spicy to warm you up!) French Chicken Casserole
