Sunday, February 06, 2011

Chicken Cooked in a Salt Crust


Mix 1kg plain flour and 1 kg of course salt add cold water slowly until you have a pastry you can roll. In your chicken add the liver of 3 chickens, salt and pepper, a branch of rosemary and a bay leaf. Wrap the chicken in the pastry and bake in oven (180 degrees centigrade) for an hour and a half for a small chicken or two and a half hours for a larger bird. Unfortunately I got it wrong and only went for two hours and had to reinsert in oven embalmed in foil (note to self don't always trust Larousse) . Serve with simple salad dressed in nut oil. This is a lovely moist "chickeny" meal and the liver is a lovely touch.

Scallops, Black Pudding and Apple





This is pretty straight forward, peel and slice some Granny Smiths into bite size chunks, fry gently in butter with a little sugar but aim not to caramelise. "Peel" some black pudding and cook in a frying pan for 5-6 minutes, layer in glass with the apple and set aside, simply season and griddle some scallops re-heat glasses in microwave, cut scallops into smaller pieces and put on top of warm black pudding and apple. Not sure this is the best way to combine these ingredients but if you have guests to look after the pre-preparation is easier than cooking the three elents at the same time.