Resolution Recipe Hors d'Oeuvre
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Curried Chicken Puffs
Dough:
1/2 cup water
1 stick unsalted butter
2/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggses
Heat oven to 400. Bring water and butter to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the salt and flour, reduce heat to low, and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat and add eggses one at a time, beating after each addition until the dough is smooth. Place full teaspoons of batter on a cooking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool.
Filling:
2 boneless chicken breasts
1/4 cup milk
1 T olive oil
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup slivered toasted almonds
1/4 cup minced green onion
chives, chopped in 4" stalks for garnish
Place the chicken in a medium saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for roughly ten minutes, until the chicken is mostly cooked. Drain and coarsely chop. Heat the oil in a skillet; sprinkle chicken with 1/4 tsp curry powder and fry until fully cooked. Cool and grind. Combine cream cheese, milk, remaining 3/4 tsp curry, and pepper. Add rest and blend.
Slice off the top 1/3 of each puff, fill with mixture, and replace the puff top. Bake at 375 forfive ten minutes. Using a toothpick or skewer, poke a hole in each top and place a chive inside to serve as jaunty garnish. Serve while warm.
What worked: I habe a code, so I could taste nothing. People told me they liked the balance of flavors, though - enough curry to give zing, but not so much that it overpowered. They were a good two bite hors d'oeuvre. And the chive (my addition to the recipe) worked exactly as I pictured.
What didn't: Five minutes is not long enough to heat the puffs once filled. Ten should do. Also, the puffs expanded nicely (from tsp size to tbsp size) but weeped a lot of butter. Oddly, they didn't produce the empty shell I expected - I made them into little sandwiches, which worked, but was messier and less easy to eat.
Will I make it again? Before the party, no. After the relatively enthusiastic response, I might.
Curried Chicken Puffs
Dough:
1/2 cup water
1 stick unsalted butter
2/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggses
Heat oven to 400. Bring water and butter to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the salt and flour, reduce heat to low, and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat and add eggses one at a time, beating after each addition until the dough is smooth. Place full teaspoons of batter on a cooking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool.
Filling:
2 boneless chicken breasts
1/4 cup milk
1 T olive oil
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup slivered toasted almonds
1/4 cup minced green onion
chives, chopped in 4" stalks for garnish
Place the chicken in a medium saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for roughly ten minutes, until the chicken is mostly cooked. Drain and coarsely chop. Heat the oil in a skillet; sprinkle chicken with 1/4 tsp curry powder and fry until fully cooked. Cool and grind. Combine cream cheese, milk, remaining 3/4 tsp curry, and pepper. Add rest and blend.
Slice off the top 1/3 of each puff, fill with mixture, and replace the puff top. Bake at 375 for
What worked: I habe a code, so I could taste nothing. People told me they liked the balance of flavors, though - enough curry to give zing, but not so much that it overpowered. They were a good two bite hors d'oeuvre. And the chive (my addition to the recipe) worked exactly as I pictured.
What didn't: Five minutes is not long enough to heat the puffs once filled. Ten should do. Also, the puffs expanded nicely (from tsp size to tbsp size) but weeped a lot of butter. Oddly, they didn't produce the empty shell I expected - I made them into little sandwiches, which worked, but was messier and less easy to eat.
Will I make it again? Before the party, no. After the relatively enthusiastic response, I might.
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Date: 2006-01-17 07:24 am (UTC)The messiness of the sandwichy aspect of the presentation was rendered completely irrelevant by the puffs' deliciousness.
I plan to make these myself in our new Food Processor....
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Date: 2006-01-17 04:39 pm (UTC)