Chicken And Truffle Terrine Recipes

JELLIED CHICKEN AND CORIANDER "TERRINE"

Steps:

• In a 3-quart saucepan simmer broth, Sherry, soy sauce, gingerroot, scallions, star anise, and salt, covered, 25 minutes. Add chicken and cook at a bare simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Cool chicken in liquid, uncovered, 1 hour.
• Transfer chicken to a bowl, reserving cooking liquid, and tear into thin shreds. Chill chicken, covered, while making aspic.
• Pour reserved cooking liquid through a fine sieve lined with a dampened paper towel into a bowl. Measure liquid and add enough cold water (about 1/2 cup) to measure 3 cups total. Return liquid to cleaned pan.
• In a small bowl sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup cold water to soften. Stir gelatin mixture into cooking liquid and heat over moderate heat, stirring, until gelatin is dissolved (do not boil).
• Toss chicken with coriander and arrange evenly in a 2-quart terrine or loaf pan. Pour aspic slowly over chicken mixture. Chill terrine, covered, until firm, at least 6 hours, and up to 2 days.
• Make sauce:
• In a small bowl stir together hoisin sauce and vinegar until smooth.
• Run a thin knife around edge of terrine and dip terrine or pan into a larger pan of hot water 10 seconds to loosen. Invert terrine onto a platter and serve with sauce and pickled ginger. Terrine will be quite fragile: If slicing, use an electric knife; otherwise, serve with a spoon.

TRUFFLED STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST

Steps:

• Lay the chicken breasts flat and make a slit using a very sharp knife, but do not go all the way through. This will make a nice pocket for the stuffing. Pound the breasts evenly using a meat mallet or small saute pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• Place bread in a bowl and pour milk over; let soak for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat an ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, then shallots. Saute shallots until softened, but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook for 5 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Cool slightly.
• Squeeze excess milk out of the bread and place in a large mixing bowl. Add mushroom-shallot mixture. Add Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, truffle oil, and egg. Mix well.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Stuff each breast with 2 to 3 tablespoons of stuffing; do not overstuff. Pierce the chicken with toothpicks to seal the stuffing in. Season each breast with salt and pepper.
• Heat remaining olive oil in the same skillet as used for mushrooms over medium heat. Brown chicken for 3 minutes on each side. Transfer to a baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink and juices run clear, about 18 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Slice chicken and serve.

CHICKEN AND TRUFFLE TERRINE

Steps:

• Line a 2 pound loaf pan with bacon, overlapping the entire area. Put chicken in a chilled food processor and blend until minced. Add pork, shallots and garlic and pulse until mixed. Season with salt and pepper and fold in parsley and truffles. Mix in eggs by hand until incorporated. Chill mixture for 1 hour and preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place mixture in loaf pan and place in water bath going half way up loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until firm. Allow to chill before removing from pan. Slice 1/4-inch thick and serve with 1 tablespoon of grain mustard.

CHICKEN TERRINE WITH HERBS

Steps:

• Mince the chicken, ham, pork and veal twice in a mincer using a medium-sized mincer blade disc. Alternatively, chop the meat into tiny pieces with a sharp knife.
• Put the minced meat into a well-chilled bowl, set on a larger bowl of ice and stir with a wooden spoon until well combined.
• Stir in the cream, egg, Armagnac or Cognac (if using), thyme and white wine until well combined.
• Add the salt and season to taste with freshly ground black pepper. This is called the farce.
• Heat 40g/1½oz of the butter in a small saucepan and fry the shallots for 2-3 minutes, then set aside to cool. Stir in the herbs.
• Melt the remaining butter in a small saucepan and remove from the heat.
• Dip the chicken breast strips in the melted butter, then dip in the shallot and herb mixture until well coated. Set aside on a plate.
• Line the terrines with strips of pork fat.
• Spread half of the farce in the bottom of the terrines, then add a layer of chicken breast strips, top with the remaining farce, then more slices of pork fat.
• Cover with the lid and chill in the fridge for 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
• Place the terrines into a large baking tray and half-fill the baking tray with boiling water.
• Cook the terrines for 30 minutes uncovered, then cover with the lids and cook for a further 15 minutes.
• Remove the terrines from the oven, remove the lids and place a weighted board (maximum weight 250g/9oz) onto the terrines to compress them gently until they have completely cooled. Leave to chill in the fridge.
• Serve with toasted crusty bread.

CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE TERRINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease an 8 x 4 inch glass loaf pan. Cut the carrots into strips the length of the carrots but only 1/4 wide (should be evenly cut 1/4inch square). Parboil for 6 to 7 minutes or until cooked through but still with some texture to them. Puree ground chicken a little bit at a time in a food processor with the oil and vinegar and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add cooked shallots, garlic, bread crumbs and egg and puree until very smooth.
• Divide chicken puree into 3 bowls. In one add the carrots; in the other the green beans and leave the puree plain in the third. Using your hands mix the vegetables into the chicken mixture in each bowl making sure they are completely coated. Set a tiny bit of plain chicken puree in bottom of loaf pan, spreading it with a rubber spatula to cover entire bottom surface. Then cover with a layer of carrot, keeping carrots in as straight a line as possible. Next layer green bean mixture over carrots. With a spatula layer some plain chicken binder on top of green beans just enough to barely coat them. Then set a row of black olives down the center. Dot olives with a paper thin layer of plain chicken binder. Then repeat green bean layer, then top with the carrot layer and finally a layer of chicken binder which should entirely cover vegetables. Cover the top with buttered brown paper pressing paper directly on top of terrine. Cover top with foil.
• Tap the loaf pan on the counter a few times to eliminate air bubbles. Place terrine in a larger pan filled with enough boiling water to reach 3/4 of the way up the sides of the loaf pan. Set in oven and bake for 1 hour.
• Remove the pan from the oven. Let terrine rest for another hour or until it is cooler. Leave the foil cover on. Drain off excess water. Run a sharp knife between the terrine and the pan to loosen then carefully turn it upside down on a board. Terrine should come out easily. Pat dry with paper towels. Wrap in plastic wrap, then in foil and let it cool in fridge for 3 hours or overnight.