CEiMB: Chicken Pot Pies with Phyllo Crust

The recipe chosen this week for CEiMB, using Ellie Krieger's book, The Food You Crave, was selected by Shandy at Pastry Heaven and is Chicken Pot Pie with Phyllo Crust.  It can be found on pages 202-203 and also here.  Thanks, Shandy, I will be making this one again, it was delicious, healthy, and a great dish for cooler weather. 

I followed the recipe as written with one exception:  I switched out the green beans for carrots as my family is a big fan of carrots in pot pies.  It was a great switch, the carrots look pretty and tasted nice with the combination of other flavors. 

The phyllo dough top crust (there is no bottom crust to get soggy) is interesting in that it is not as rich as a pie crust, so lacking a little in flavor in that regard, but nice in that it is much more calorie-friendly and it develops a nice crunchy crust which is fun to break into when eating.  The parmesan cheese on the top adds some of the flavor back in, so missing the butter/lard crust isn't all that bad.  It was all very good, definitely a repeat.

Next week's hostess is Marthe of Culinary Delights.  She has selected the Spaghetti Frittata with Salad Pesto on pages 100-101 of  So Easy.  You can find the CEiMB blogroll here.