Chicken Quenelles Recipe
Ingredients
| Water | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Butter/Margarine | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| All-purpose flour -€“ 1/2 cup | ||
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Eggs | 2 Small | |
| Cooked chicken | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Egg whites | 2 | |
| Heavy cream | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Melted butter or margarine | ||
| Salt, Pepper and Nutmeg | To Taste, grated | |
| Salt, Pepper and Nutmeg | To Taste, grated | |
Directions
MAKING
1) In a pan, combine water and 1/4 cup butter and heat till water boils.
2) Add flour and salt and stir vigorously.
3) When the mix begins to form a ball, turn off heat.
4) While beating, add in one egg at a time till the mixture is smooth.
6) Using a spoon, cream the ground chicken to a smooth paste.
7) Beat in a pastry mixture and add salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste.
8) One at a time, beat in the egg whites, 1/2 cup softened butter, and cream.
9) Chill for 6 -€“ 8 hours.
10) To shape quenelles, use a pastry tube or in a dessert spoon by leveling pastry and sliding it into a buttered skillet, or by rolling the paste into cylinders.
11) To cook, quenelles must be covered with boiling salted water and then simmered for 10 minutes.
12) Remove and drain.
SERVING
13) Serve hot, drizzled with melted butter.
1) In a pan, combine water and 1/4 cup butter and heat till water boils.
2) Add flour and salt and stir vigorously.
3) When the mix begins to form a ball, turn off heat.
4) While beating, add in one egg at a time till the mixture is smooth.
6) Using a spoon, cream the ground chicken to a smooth paste.
7) Beat in a pastry mixture and add salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste.
8) One at a time, beat in the egg whites, 1/2 cup softened butter, and cream.
9) Chill for 6 -€“ 8 hours.
10) To shape quenelles, use a pastry tube or in a dessert spoon by leveling pastry and sliding it into a buttered skillet, or by rolling the paste into cylinders.
11) To cook, quenelles must be covered with boiling salted water and then simmered for 10 minutes.
12) Remove and drain.
SERVING
13) Serve hot, drizzled with melted butter.
Chef
