Thursday, June 19, 2008

Roast Poussin with Walnuts


Ingredients

1 poussin, about 500g.
2 rashers streaky bacon.
100g walnuts, finely chopped.
85g prunes, finely chopped.
4 eschallots, finely chopped.
1 garlic clove, finely chopped.
30g butter.
Additional butter.

Method
Preheat oven to 220°C.
Clean and trim poussin.
Combine walnuts, prunes, eschallot, garlic and butter well, season, and stuff poussin.
Lay bacon across poussin breast, truss poussin, season, smear with additional butter.
Roast on a rack.

Poussin cooking times:
20 minutes, plus an additional minute for every 50g above 500g.

Remove from rack and rest for five minutes.
Meanwhile, deglaze tray with 100ml water, reduce heat to a simmer, stir through 40g flour, bring to a boil for 1 – 2 min, season, and serve as gravy.

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