Poached Bresse Chicken with Garden Herbs and Madras Curry Butter Recipe
Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 1 - 2.2 kg (5 lb.) chicken
- 50 g (2 oz.) Madras curry
- 50 g (2 oz.) Pakistani curry
- 500 ml (2 cups) light chicken stock
- 1 bouquet garni
- 3 cloves
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) onion
- 150 g (5 oz.) carrot
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) white mushrooms
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) celeriac
- 2 leeks
- 400 g (14 oz.) Ratte potatoes
- 1/2 bunch chopped Italian parsley, for garnish
- 1/2 bunch chervil
- 1/2 bunch curly parsley
- 300 g (10 oz.) creamery butter
- 100 ml (6 tbsp.) light cream
- Salt and freshly-ground pepper
- A handful of coarse salt
Method
Preparation
- Singe, clean and truss the chicken.
- Wash and peel the vegetables (carrots, leeks, potato, celeriac, mushrooms and onions).
- Heat the stock. Bring to a boil with the coarse salt, Pakistani curry, cloves and bouquet garni. Season with pepper.
- Poach the chicken for 15 minutes, then add all the vegetables, which will be served as an accompaniment, and cook 15-20 minutes longer, depending on the heat of the broth.
- Prepare the curry butter by combining the 300 g of creamery butter with the Madras curry. Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper.
Preparation
- Once the chicken and vegetables are cooked, add the chervil and parsley and let infuse for 5 minutes.
- Drain and arrange the vegetables on a platter. Add the chicken, quartered or left whole, depending on how much room you have at the table.
- For the sauce, measure out 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) of the broth, add 100 ml (6 tbsp.) cream and whisk in the curry butter off the heat. Correct the seasoning.
- Garnish with the chopped Italian parsley and serve.
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