FRENCH COUNTRY FEAST

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🇫🇷 FRENCH COUNTRY FEAST 🍗

📱 OVERVIEW

  • Total Time: 1 Hour

  • Servings: 2 to 4 People

🛠️ THE KIT

  • 🥘 1 Deep sauté pan (with lid)

  • 🍳 1 Large frying pan (for potatoes)

  • 🥘 1 Small saucepan (for caramel)

  • 🥣 1 Mixing bowl (for custard)

  • 🍮 4 Ramekins & 1 Deep baking dish (for water bath)

  • 🧤 1 Oven mitt

🛒 THE INGREDIENTS

Chicken Fricassée

  • 🍗 Halal Chicken thighs 4 pieces (skin-on, bone-in)

  • 🥓 Halal Beef bacon 100g (chopped, as a substitute for pancetta)

  • 🍄 Chestnut mushrooms 200g (halved)

  • 🧄 Garlic 3 cloves (crushed)

  • 🌿 Rosemary, Thyme, & Bay leaf 1 sprig/leaf each

  • 🥃 Apple juice + 1 tsp vinegar 1/4 cup (Halal substitute for brandy flambé)

  • 🥣 Chicken stock 1.5 cups

  • 🌿 Fresh parsley (chopped)

Sautéed Potatoes

  • 🥔 Potatoes 4 large (cut into finger-sized sticks)

  • 🧈 Butter or Olive oil 3 tablespoons (substitute for goose fat)

  • 🧅 Shallots 2 small (sliced)

  • 🌿 Garlic & Rosemary 1 sprig each

Lavender Crème Caramel

  • 🤍 Caster sugar 1 cup (stored with Dried edible lavender)

  • 🥛 Milk 2 cups

  • 🥚 Eggs 4 large

  • 🍦 Vanilla bean 1 (seeds scraped)

  • 🌸 Dried lavender flowers (edible grade)

👨‍🍳 THE METHOD

1. Lavender Crème Caramel (Start First!)

  1. 🥘 Caramel: Melt 1/2 cup Lavender sugar in a Small saucepan until it turns dark amber. Pour quickly into the bottom of 4 Ramekins. 🌸 Scatter a few lavender flowers on top.

  2. 🥛 Custard: Heat Milk and Vanilla until hot (not boiling). Whisk Eggs and remaining sugar in a Bowl, then slowly pour in the hot milk while whisking.

  3. ♨️ Bake: Pour custard into ramekins. Place them in a Deep baking dish filled halfway with hot water. Bake at 150°C for 30 Minutes.

  4. 🧊 Chill: Let them cool, then put in the fridge. To serve, dip the bottom of the ramekin in hot water and flip onto a plate!

2. The Chicken Fricassée

  1. 🍗 Brown: Season Chicken with salt/pepper. Fry skin-side down in the Deep sauté pan until crispy.

  2. 🥓 Sizzle: Add Beef bacon, Mushrooms, Garlic, and Herbs.

  3. 🥘 Simmer: Pour in the Apple juice mix and Stock.

  4. ⏳ Cook: Cover with the lid (leave it slightly open to let steam out) and simmer for 10-15 Minutes. Finish with Parsley.

3. Sautéed Potatoes

  1. 🥘 Parboil: Boil potato sticks in water for 5-6 Minutes. Drain well.

  2. 🍳 Crisp: Fry potatoes in Butter/Oil in the Large frying pan until golden.

  3. 🧅 Flavor: In the last 3 Minutes, toss in Shallots, Garlic, and Rosemary.

🛡️ SAFETY FIRST

  • 🌸 Edible Lavender: Make sure your lavender is "Culinary Grade." Lavender from a flower shop or garden may have chemicals that are not safe to eat.

  • 🧤 Water Bath (Bain-Marie): When moving the deep dish into the oven, the hot water can slosh. Move slowly and always use Oven mitts.

  • 🔥 Hot Sugar: Caramel is much hotter than boiling water. If it touches your skin, it will burn. Never taste the caramel while it is in the pan!