Potted chicken Christmas special

Name: Potted chicken Christmas special
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 chicken breasts; 1 large carrot sliced; 1 medium onion sliced; 6 peppercorns; 1 bay leaf; pinch ground mace; pinch cayenne pepper; 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 300 grams unsalted butter softened

mandy @mandyoh20

I won't have a picture until Christmas but here's the recipe enjoy

mandy @mandyoh20

I won't have a picture until Christmas but here's the recipe enjoy

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Ingredients

30 mins

6 servings

6chicken breasts
1large carrot sliced
1medium onion sliced
6peppercorns
1bay leaf
pinchground mace
pinchcayenne pepper
1/4 tspfreshly grated nutmeg
300 gramsunsalted butter softened

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Steps

30 mins

1

Place whole chicken breast, onion, carrot, peppercorns and bay leaf in a pan. Cover with cold water (2 cups). Bring to a boil and remove any scum, reduce and simmer for 30 minutes.
2

Remove chicken and boil the remaining ingredients and cooking liquid and reduce it to 1/4 cup of liquid strain out the liquid and allow the liquid to cool slightly.
3

Put chicken breast into a blender with the cooled cooking liquid and blended into a smooth paste. Add mace, cayenne pepper and nutmeg and 200 grams of butter and combine until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4

Put chicken mixture into bowl and smooth the top with the remaining butter melt it in a pan. Pour the yellow butter (clarified) over the chicken, leaving the white milk solids in the pan. Place bowl into the fridge and chill of 2 hours or overnight.
5

When ready to serve remove from fridge about 10 minutes before needed, great on toast crackers and bread rolls a little goes a long way enjoy