Last Order Date For Christmas Delivery: Sunday 15th December
Ingredients
- 500g Wild mushrooms
- 50g Pearl barley (Soaked weight is 100g)
- 1 x Medium carrot peeled and chopped into rounds
- 330ml Cream
- 100g Crème fraiche
- 1 x Chicken carcase + bits of chicken meat left over
- 1 x Pack of chives cut into small pieces with sharp knife
- 2 litre water
- 1 x Lemon
- Table Salt (To taste)
- Celery peeled and diced into mouth size pieces
- 2 x Medium onions diced (2 cm)
- 1 x Pancake (regular batter mix – see below)
- 1 x Medium potato diced
- 1 x Dessert spoon of grain mustard
- Ingredients (Pancake):
- 250g Plain flour
- 500g Milk
- Salt and pepper
- 4 x Medium free range egg yolks
- 4 x Medium free range whole eggs
- 100g Brown butter (cooked until a nutty smell and colour.)
- Note: you should take the butter away from the pan once it hits temperature otherwise it may carry on cooking.
Introduction
The ultimate 123 guide on how to creatively utilise the entire chicken. 3 Recipes that will delight your taste buds, feed your family and offer some relief to your busy schedule.Method
- Take the crown carcase left over from your crown roast and pick any meat from it and set aside in the fridge in a bowl.
- Roast the carcase at 180c for 20 minutes until looks and importantly smells roasted and golden (the smell is important because this will flavour your stock).
- In a pan sweat all vegetables and pearl barley in a small nob of butter and salt until tender.
- Add water and the roasted carcase and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add cream and reduce by half on a fast boil.
- Lift the chicken carcass out and add the mushrooms (chopped or ripped into mouth size bits), the juice of 1/2 a lemon and the crème fraiche now season to your taste.
- Add the chopped chives, chopped pancake, chicken pieces and the grain mustard to your serving bowls add the hot soup on top.
Chefs Tip: Its great to do this on Sunday afternoon and leave in the fridge, take to work, enjoy for Monday lunch eat with some rustic whole grain bread with a big chunk of butter
Directions (Pancake):
- All mix together, blitz with a blender and cook in a hot non stick frying pan. Once cooled cut into pieces
Source: The Ginger Bread Kid - Teacup on Thomas Street, Manchester