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Ballotine of Fattened Pullet with candied tomatoes
Ballotine of Fattened Pullet with candied tomatoes
  • For : 4 servings
  • Time : 3 h 30
  • Difficulty : medium

For this recipe, you need :

  • 1 free range fattened pullet 1.5 kg
  • 6 very ripe tomatoes
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 200 g sweet peppers (or green bell peppers)
  • 2 thick slices of Bayonne cured ham
  • 3 garlic
  • Irouléguy red wine

Technical Stages :

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1

Prepare all ingredients.

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2

Trim, flambé and clean the pullet. Reserve the liver and the heart. Completely debone to obtain 2 halves of poultry.

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3

Peel the tomatoes,...

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4

...seed them, add salt and pepper.

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5

Put the totatoes petals in a dish.

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6

Caramelize the tomatoes with olive oil for 2 hours on low heat (60°C).

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7

Quickly fry the peppers and slices of ham. Reserve.

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8

Peel and slice the garlic, then brown it with liver and heart.

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9

Place inside each half of poultry the ham, peppers, garlic, liver and heart.

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10

Roll each half in ballotine and tie well like a roast.

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11

Season and brown in a sauté pan with crushed bones all around.

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12

Place in hot oven for 12 minutes...

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13

...then reserve.

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14

Degrease the sauté pan and deglaze with the red wine.

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15

Leave to reduce with half glass of water and a knob of butter.

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16

Sieve using a chinois, taste and reserve.

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17

Place the ballotines, sliced in thick slices, on the plates. Add juice and caramelized tomatoes.

Thank you for following this recipe !

The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Sugar Blowtorch 2Sugar Blowtorch 2 44.20 Euro
Oven thermometerOven thermometer 14.10 Euro
Boning knifeBoning knife 18.30 Euro
Garlic peeler tubeGarlic peeler tube 5.00 Euro
Je Sais CuisinerJe Sais Cuisiner 29.00 Euro
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