Recipe

Rosee - Minced Chicken In Almond And Rose Petal Sauce Recipe

	Deliathecrone / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago Exotic as this dish sounds, it's simple and pleasant, and a good way to use roses that are beginning to fade or wilt. The authors think it unwise to add saffron as the flavor may overwhelm the delicate taste of the roses and turn the color from rose ... More Prep:15m Cook:15m Servings:6	Deliathecro
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Ingredients

3 cups diced cooked chicken

1 1/2 cups hot chicken broth

1 1/2 cups rose petals (that is: petals of 3 to 4 medium sized roses, preferably red, rinsed in cold water, dried gently, with the white bases cut off and discarded.)

2 ounces chopped, slivered or ground blanced almonds

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar, optional

1/4 teaspoon ginger, optional

Directions

"Tak the flowrys of rosys and wasch hem wel in water, and after bray hem wel in a morter; & than tak almondys and temper hem, & seth hem. & after tak flesch of capons of or hennys and hac yt smale, & than bray hem well in a morter, & than do it in the rose so that the flesch acorde wyth the mylk, & so that the mete be charchaunt; & after do yt to the fyre to boyle, & do thereto sugur & safroun that yt be well ycolowrd & rosy of levys of the foreseyde flowrys, & serve yt forth."

Reserving a few for garnish, grind rose petals with almonds. They are difficult to grind by themselves, and this is a case where a mortar may be helpful.

Mix the resulting powder with the chicken broth and allow to steep for about ten minutes, or bring to a boil and simmer for a minute or two.

Chop the chicken and put it through a processor or blender with the broth mixture; blend thoroughly.

Season and heat, stirring (or microwave), for no more than five minutes. If it is overcooked, flavor and color will deteriorate.

To serve, mound on a platter.

This goes well with rice cooked in chicken broth with saffron, which can form a border on the serving dish.

Garnish with the reserved rose petals (which taste like a superior lettuce).

This dish is also excellent cold.

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