Chicken Galantine with Stuffed Embotido
Ingredients:
- 1 whole fresh chicken, deboned
- 1⁄2 cup Dona Elena Pure Olive Oil
Stuffing:
- 500 grams ground pork (80/20 preferred)
- 1/2 cup carrots, grated
- 1/2 cup white onion, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
- 1⁄2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
- 2 pcs. hotdog or sausage, finely sliced
- 1 can liver spread
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. brown sugar
- 2 tsps. ground pepper
- 3 pcs. egg
- 3 pcs. slices of loaf bread, diced
- 1/2 cup oyster sauce
- 1/2 cup pickle relish
- Combine all the ingredients together and place inside the chiller until ready to use.
Garnish (optional):
- 3 pcs. cherry tomato confit
- 3 pcs. shallot confit
- 3 pcs. garlic confit
Gravy:
- 2 tbsps. butter
- 2 tbsps. all-purpose flour
- chicken drippings from pan
- 1 tsp. soy sauce
- salt (to taste)
- crushed black pepper (to taste)
- 1⁄4 cup chicken broth
- Cook the all-purpose flour on medium heat without oil, until it turns slightly brown in color and set aside.
- Melt the butter on a saucepan and add the cooked flour to make a brown roux.
- Add the chicken broth and the pan drippings from the roasted chicken galantine.
- Stir the mixture until it simmers and thicken.
- Season with soy sauce, salt, and black pepper.
- Strain the gravy into your sauce dish for a smooth consistency.
Procedure:
- Preheat oven to 160 C.
- Spread the chicken, skin side down, flat on a clean chopping board and season the flesh side with salt and pepper.
- Evenly spread the stuffing on the chicken, making sure the legs and drumette are properly stuffed.
- Fold to the middle on both sides of the chicken while overlapping the one side to completely seal it.
- Truss the chicken with the butcher’s twine.
- Season the trussed chicken with salt and pepper then brush it with pure olive oil and place in the oven.
- Cook at 160 C for 40 mins. and raise the temperature to 180 C for 20 mins. while continuously basting with pure olive oil every 10-15 mins.
- Remove the chicken from the oven once cooked and rest for 10-15 mins. before removing the butcher’s twine.
- Reserve the pan drippings for the gravy.
- Slice the chicken galantine when ready to serve and top with your confit garnish.