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Poussin with Red Wine Sauce

Poussin with Red Wine Sauce

Yesterday we were struggling for inspiration. I said I’d just have a mooch around the discount fridge and see what caught my eye. Whole Poussin which should have been £3.17 each at 95p Now they were certainly a source of inspiration!

Ingredients:-

1 Poussin per person
Broccoli
Whole grain Mustard
Potatoes for the mash
1 Small bottle of Red Wine
1 Small Onion
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Sprigs of Rosemary, 1 finely chopped
Vinegar
Beef Stock
A knob of Butter
Salt & Pepper
2 Mushrooms, finely sliced
Lemon Juice
Fresh Thyme, chopped
Fresh Sage, chopped

Method:-

(1) With a pair of kitchen scissors cut the spine out of the Poussin and flatten them out to form a Spatchcock.
(2) Mix the Oil, Lemon Juice, Rosemary, Thyme, Sage and Whole grain mustard to form a marinade.
(3) Rub each bird on both sides with the marinade and allow to infuse in the fridge for a couple of hours.
(4) Sear on both sides and then place in a pre headed over at 180c for about 20 minutes.
(5) Baste at intervals with the marinade.

For the sauce:-

(1) Fry the Onions until softened.
(2) Add the minced Garlic.
(3) Season with Salt & Pepper.
(4) Add the Mushrooms, Rosemary and Vinegar.
(5) Add the Beef Stock.
(6) Allow to simmer for a few minutes.
(7) Add the Red Wine.
(8) Simmer to reduce.
(9) Just before severing add the Butter.

We served ours of a bed of Mustard Mash with the Broccoli around the sides and the sauce over the Poussin. This was an outstanding meal. We might have just broken budget, but it was worth it. We can always have dripping on crackers today!
 

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Chinese Style Bacon Chops

Bacon Chops are an infrequent visitor to our plate, mostly because Sue isn’t keen really. But at 0.75p for two good sized boneless chops in the discounts they were bound to come home with me really.

So Sue went a bit “Chefy”!

Ingredients:-

2 Boneless Bacon Chops
1/5 of a Red Cabbage, sliced
1/2 Spring Green Cabbage, sliced
2 Potatoes, cubed and blanched
½ a large Onion, sliced
2 cloves of Garlic, grated
Soy Sauce
Mixed Herbs
Black Pepper
OilIngredients:-

Method:-

(1) Mix Soy Sauce, Black Pepper and Garlic to make a marinade and pop your Bacon Chops in it.
(2) Mix Oil and Mixed Herbs with your cubed potatoes and lay on a baking try.
(3) Add Oil and Soy Sauce to a Wok or large frying pan.
(4) Put the Plum Sauce ingredients (See below) in a saucepan on a low heat. Stir occasionally.
(5) Heat the over to 180c and put the cubed Potatoes in.
(6) After 20 minutes heat your Wok / Frying pan and start by gently frying the Onion and Garlic.
(7) In a separate pan sear the Bacon chops in a little oil on both sides.
(8) Transfer the Bacon chops to the oven.
(9) Add the Cabbage to the Onion and Garlic and stir in the remaining marinade.
(10) Add the Mixed Herbs and Black Pepper.
(11) Press the Plum Sauce through a sieve to separate the skins and stones.
(12) Cut the chops in to generous strips.
(13) Plate the fried Cabbage first, with the Bacon over the top and dress with Plum Sauce.
(14) Add the Cubed Potatoes to both sides of the plate and you’re good to go!

Plum Sauce ingredients:-

300g of frozen foraged Plums ( A punnet of red supermarket Plums will do the trick!)
1 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tbsp Sugar

We’ve been growing micro salad which we scattered on top just to be a bit flash!
 

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