Chicken Pie

Ingredients

• 10 chicken breasts, skinned
• 3 c. water
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• 1 tsp. whole allspice
• 1 tsp. whole peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 onions, skinned and quartered
• 2 sticks celery, sliced
• 5 sprigs parsley
• 4 oz. sliced ham
• 2 hard-boiled eggs
• 1 oz. butter
• 1 oz. flour
• 2 to 3 Tbsp. sherry
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. sugar
• pinch of ground mace
• pinch of pepper
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 pkg. Japanese frozen puff pastry
• egg (to glaze)