Butter Braised Giannone Chicken With Summer Truffles And Foie Gras

Serves: 3

Carole Volkman

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

50

Sweetness

49

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

110 g

Heavy Cream

1 sprig

Thyme (fresh)

1

Butter

Directions:

1

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F

2

Prepare chicken by cutting off the legs, neck, and wings

3

Remove skin from legs and de-bone both legs; reserve skin

4

Take the skin and roll it out until flat

5

Place between 2 silpat mats or greased parchment paper and bake with weighted iron until crisp and golden

6

Reserve both crisp skin and chicken for later

7

Leave oven at 250 degrees F

8

Beurre blanc: Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat

9

Add shallots and cook until translucent and softened

10

Deglaze the pan with wine

11

Add cream and then slowly emulsify the remaining butter into the liquid until creamy and emulsified

12

Remove from the heat

13

Season the reserved chicken breasts with salt and pepper and then place breasts, wing side down, in a rondeau

14

Pour beurre blanc over the breasts and add thyme, lemon verbena, and cardamom

15

Make sure the chicken has enough room to "swim" in the butter and is completely covered

16

Cover chicken with a round cut from parchment paper

17

Poach in the oven at 250 degrees F until fully cooked through and tender

18

Make sure butter does not exceed 140 degrees F

19

Roulade: Remove any tendons and sinew from the legs and lightly flatten the leg meat

20

Season the legs with salt and pepper and fill with a 4-ounce piece of foie gras that has been cut into a long rectangle

21

Repeat this step for the other leg

22

Roll the leg around the foie gras and let it rest on the fold

23

Soak the caul fat in salted water for 30 minutes

24

Unwrap the caul fat and lay it out to dry

25

Cut a square out of the caul fat about the same size as the length of the roulade

26

Allow enough fat to cover the roulade completely

27

Using butchers' twine, tie up the roulade, allowing at least an inch in between each tie and making sure you do not tie the roulade too tight

28

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

29

Place the roulades in a large, hot, oven-safe skillet

30

Sear over high heat until evenly browned

31

Transfer skillet to the oven and roast until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F

32

Remove from the heat and let rest

33

Garnish: Blanch the leeks and asparagus in boiling, salted water

34

Glaze with butter, thyme, and minced shallots

35

Season with sea salt and pepper

36

Arrange the leeks on 1 side of the plate diagonally from a pile of the asparagus

37

Place a slice of the poached chicken breast on top of the asparagus

38

Place a slice of the chicken roulade on top of the baby leeks

39

Garnish the plate with summer truffle slices, and a pluche of fine herbs

40

Finish with Fleur de Sel and crisp chicken skin

41

Sauce: Reduce your chicken jus until it reaches the desired flavor

42

Adjust the flavor with 50 percent red wine reduction, percent Port wine reduction, and a little foie gras fat

43

Drizzle sauce over chicken and serve