Suprêmes de Volaille Farcies Duxelles
If I think about traditional French flavors, mushrooms, thyme and cream are the first things that come to mind. This simple recipe captures all of those traditional flavors and will give you lots of pleasure.
Stuffing
1/2 cup of shallots
2 Tb butter
1 cup of finely chopped mushrooms
3Tb Madeira
1 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme
Salt and Pepper
Sauce:
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1/4 cup of Madeira
1/3 cup of heavy cream
Procedure:
Melt butter in a pan and sweat the shallots until translucent
Add the mushrooms and continue cooking.
Add Madeira and allow to reduce.
Add Thyme
Allow mixture to cool before stuffing the chicken.
Pound 4 medium chicken breasts until they are 1/4 of an inch thick and place 1/4 of the mushroom mixture in the center of each breast. Wrap the mixture with the chicken and lay in a buttered backing dish and cover with foil.
Put in a medium hot oven for about 20 minutes or until done.
Remove the chicken and keep warm.
Add a teaspoon of lemon juice and 1/3 of a cup of Madeira to the juices remaining in the pan the chicken was cooked in and reduce to nearly a syrup. Add 1/3 of a cup of heavy cream and reduce a little more then pour equally over the chicken.
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