Crank up the oven to 200C and bake the pie for one hour. For the carrots, put the carrots, star anise, and sugar in a saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil.

The trick to cooking chicken breasts, which are a favorite for this pie, is to start with skin-on, bone-in breasts, cook them in chicken stock briefly, then let the chicken rest in the hot liquid ...