Chicken Casserole With Herb Dumplings Recipe

• 1 2/5 kg oven ready chicken
• 225 gm onions roughly minced
• 1 med carrot roughly minced
• 50 gm celery roughly minced
• 1 x bay leaf
• 1 x salt and freshly grnd black pepper
• 1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 900 gm leeks trimmed and thickly sliced
• 125 gm self raising flour
• 1/2 x level tsp baking pwdr
• 50 gm butter
• 1 x level tsp minced flat leafed parsley
• 1 x level tsp minced fresh thyme
• 125 gm ready toeat pitted prunes minced fresh chives to garnish cooked baby carrots to serve

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