Ingredients

Chicken Liver Parfait
  • 400g chicken livers
  • 100g soy sauce
  • 300g Reduced brown chicken stock
  • 4 leaves of bronze gelatine
  • Salt and pepper
Apricot puree and pickled cranberries
  • 250g white wine vinegar
  • 250g water
  • 250g sugar
  • 100g cranberries
  • 100g Dried apricots
Granola
  • 150g porridge oats
  • 40g maple syrup
  • 40g sunflower oil
  • 2 shallots
  • 100g fine French beans
  • Olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice and salt
  • 100g chicken skin

 

Banyuls Syrup
  • 200ml banyuls

Method

Chicken liver parfait

  • Season the chicken livers with the soy sauce, place in a sous vide bag and cook at 65 degrees c for 20 minutes.
  • Hydrate the gelatine in ice cold water.
  • Bring the chicken stock to a simmer.
  • Add the gelatine, remove from the stove and cool a little.
  • Add the cooked chicken livers.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Pass through a chinoise.
  • Whisk into liquid nitrogen and store in the freezer.

For the apricot puree and the pickled cranberries

  • Bring white wine vinegar, water and sugar to the boil
  • Pour the pickling juice over the cranberries to cover and leave to hydrate.
  • Pour the remainder of the pickling juice over the apricots and gently cook until soft.
  • Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth.
  • Season with a little salt and citric acid if needed.
  • Pass through a chinoise, cool and transfer to bottles or piping bags.

Shallots

  • Finely brunoise 2 shallots and cover with white wine.
  • Gently cook until the wine has evaporated.

Granola

  • Mix the maple syrup with the sunflower oil and the porridge oats.
  • Season with a little salt and leave to hydrate for 30 minutes.
  • Bake at 160 degrees c until golden brown.

Fine beans

  • Cook the beans for 3-4 minutes in salted boiling water.

Vinaigrette

  • Make a simple vinaigrette with olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice and salt.

Chicken skin

  • Remove the layer of fat from the skin
  • Blowtorch to remove any stray hairs etc
  • Season with fine salt
  • Bake at 160 degrees c until golden brown and crispy
  • Place onto kitchen paper
  • Chop and mix into the cooked porridge oats

Banyuls syrup

  • Bring to the boil and reduce to a syrup.
  • Place in a squeezy bottle and reserve until needed.

To plate

  • Chop the fine beans and season with the shallots and vinaigrette.
  • Place the puree in the bottom of a bowl.
  • Add a few pickled cranberries.
  • Add the fine bean salad.
  • Spoon over the chicken liver parfait.
  • Scatter over the granola.
  • Add a few drops of banyuls syrup and serve.

Ingredients

Chicken Liver Parfait
  • 400g chicken livers
  • 100g soy sauce
  • 300g Reduced brown chicken stock
  • 4 leaves of bronze gelatine
  • Salt and pepper
Apricot puree and pickled cranberries
  • 250g white wine vinegar
  • 250g water
  • 250g sugar
  • 100g cranberries
  • 100g Dried apricots
Granola
  • 150g porridge oats
  • 40g maple syrup
  • 40g sunflower oil
  • 2 shallots
  • 100g fine French beans
  • Olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice and salt
  • 100g chicken skin

 

Banyuls Syrup
  • 200ml banyuls

Method

Chicken liver parfait

  • Season the chicken livers with the soy sauce, place in a sous vide bag and cook at 65 degrees c for 20 minutes.
  • Hydrate the gelatine in ice cold water.
  • Bring the chicken stock to a simmer.
  • Add the gelatine, remove from the stove and cool a little.
  • Add the cooked chicken livers.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Pass through a chinoise.
  • Whisk into liquid nitrogen and store in the freezer.

For the apricot puree and the pickled cranberries

  • Bring white wine vinegar, water and sugar to the boil
  • Pour the pickling juice over the cranberries to cover and leave to hydrate.
  • Pour the remainder of the pickling juice over the apricots and gently cook until soft.
  • Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth.
  • Season with a little salt and citric acid if needed.
  • Pass through a chinoise, cool and transfer to bottles or piping bags.

Shallots

  • Finely brunoise 2 shallots and cover with white wine.
  • Gently cook until the wine has evaporated.

Granola

  • Mix the maple syrup with the sunflower oil and the porridge oats.
  • Season with a little salt and leave to hydrate for 30 minutes.
  • Bake at 160 degrees c until golden brown.

Fine beans

  • Cook the beans for 3-4 minutes in salted boiling water.

Vinaigrette

  • Make a simple vinaigrette with olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice and salt.

Chicken skin

  • Remove the layer of fat from the skin
  • Blowtorch to remove any stray hairs etc
  • Season with fine salt
  • Bake at 160 degrees c until golden brown and crispy
  • Place onto kitchen paper
  • Chop and mix into the cooked porridge oats

Banyuls syrup

  • Bring to the boil and reduce to a syrup.
  • Place in a squeezy bottle and reserve until needed.

To plate

  • Chop the fine beans and season with the shallots and vinaigrette.
  • Place the puree in the bottom of a bowl.
  • Add a few pickled cranberries.
  • Add the fine bean salad.
  • Spoon over the chicken liver parfait.
  • Scatter over the granola.
  • Add a few drops of banyuls syrup and serve.