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French Squab and Truffles

Name: French Squab and Truffles
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 squab; 6 chicken wings, chopped into small pieces; 1 tbsp olive oil; 6 shallots, roughly chopped; 4 sprigs thyme; 8 black peppercorns; 80ml brandy; 80ml ruby port; 120ml madeira; 1L veal stock; sea salt, to season; 1L white chicken stock; reserved squab legs; canola spray, for greasing; 8 peeled king Edward potatoes, peeled and sliced to 3mm thick; 4 sprigs thyme, leaves stripped; 250g unsalted butter, melted; sea salt, to season; white pepper; 5g truffle, shaved; 150ml rice wine vinegar; 50g caster sugar; 1 shallot, finely diced; 2 sprigs thyme; 1 tsp black peppercorns; 1 bunch yellow baby carrots, peeled, trimmed and thinly sliced lengthways; 40g unsalted butter; 2 small shallots, sliced; 1 clove garlic, sliced; 220g peeled yellow carrot, chopped

Gary Mehigan

Judge · 30 Jun 2016

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Components

Ingredients

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Season

Ingredients

Squab Jus

2squab

6chicken wings, chopped into small pieces

1 tbspolive oil

6shallots, roughly chopped

4 sprigsthyme

8black peppercorns

80mlbrandy

80mlruby port

120mlmadeira

1Lveal stock

sea salt, to season

Braised Squab Legs

1Lwhite chicken stock

reserved squab legs

Pommes Anna

canola spray, for greasing

8peeled king Edward potatoes, peeled and sliced to 3mm thick

4 sprigsthyme, leaves stripped

250gunsalted butter, melted

sea salt, to season

white pepper

5gtruffle, shaved

Pickled Yellow Carrots

150mlrice wine vinegar

50gcaster sugar

1shallot, finely diced

2 sprigsthyme

1 tspblack peppercorns

1 bunchyellow baby carrots, peeled, trimmed and thinly sliced lengthways

Carrot Hummus

40gunsalted butter

2 smallshallots, sliced

1 clovegarlic, sliced

220gpeeled yellow carrot, chopped

630gwhite chicken stock

100gpre-soaked and drained chickpeas

35gtahini

110gextra virgin olive oil

1 tspchardonnay vinegar

sea salt, to season

Roast Squab

40gunsalted butter

1 tbspolive oil

reserved squab crowns

sea salt, to season

Garnish

Purslane sprigs

Sliced truffle

Method

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Tagged

ChickenPotatoButterCarrotGarlicThymeChickpeasPepperSaltShallotOlive OilTrufflePigeonPeppercornsBrandyPortRice VinegarVeal StockCanola OilCaster SugarRoastsDinner

Recipe by Gary Mehigan. Originally published by Network 10 on 30 Jun 2016.

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