Boiling Chicken
Minty Chicken Terrine layered with Peppers
Preparation Time: 25 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Serves: 6
Can be made in advance
Will freeze
Pesach friendly – omit the mint jelly
Boiling chicken tends to take away a lot of its natural flavour. It is therefore best to only use boiling chicken in recipes with strong. Ideas include spicy stir fries, risottos, curries and meat stews where other meat and plenty of vegetables are added. Alternately you can mince the chicken. This breaks down the fibres of the otherwise dry meat and works very well in the following recipe.
Ingredients
- 450g (1lb) Cooked boiling chicken – skin removed and roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoons mint jelly- (omit for Pesach)
- 2 red peppers - cut in quarters and deseeded
- 3 tablespoons – olive oil
- 2 yellow peppers – cut in quarters and deseeded
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons matzah meal
- 3 tablespoons fresh mint - chopped
- Salt freshly ground black pepper
Garnish:
- 1 bunch of fresh mint
- 2 lemons – cut into wedges
Method
1) Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC/400ºF/ Gas mark 6.Heat the grill to highest setting.
2) Place the peppers on a baking tray, skin uppermost brush with the olive oil. Grill until the skins start to blister and blacken. (Approx 10 minutes).
3) Remove and place in a dish and immediately cover with cling film. Leave to cool and then remove the skins.
4) Put the chicken, mint jelly, eggs, matzah meal, fresh mint, salt and freshly ground black pepper in the food processor. Whizz until semi- smooth ie not quite a puree!
5) Line the base of a 900g (2lb) loaf tin with bakewell paper and grease the sides with some olive oil.
6) Spoon half the chicken mixture into the base of the tin. Add all the yellow peppers, followed by all the red peppers and complete with the remaining minced chicken.
7) Cover with bakewell paper.
8) Bake for 35 minutes or until firm to touch.
To serve the stylish way: Serve warm or cold. Turn out of the tin. Cut into thick slices onto an oval plate and decorate with some fresh mint and lemon wedges.
For further information please contact:
Denise's Kitchen
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2HD
