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Chicken En Croute With Salt Herbs And Boursin Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Californiacook / All my dishes 4 months ago This is a recipe I saved from the Boursin Cheese site awhile ago. Thought it would make an impressive romantic main course -- using Cornish game hens. (Unclear as to what cooking salt is. The beginning of the recipe lists cooking salt ((for the dou... More Prep:20m Cook:60m Servings:4	Californiac
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Ingredients

1 chicken, approx. 31/2 pounds (thinking about using cornish game hens)

1 package Boursin Garlic & Fine Herbs, crumbled

1 ounce cooking salt

1 pound flour

2 egg whites

2 twigs rosemary

4 sprigs thyme

1 tablespoon pink peppercorns

1 tablespoon whole black pepper

table salt and pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 400F. Wash and wipe down the chicken. Loosen the skin by sliding your fingers along the flesh, and insert a little crumbled Boursin. Season the inside of the chicken with salt and pepper, add the rest of the Boursin, and close up the cavity.

Mix together the cooking salt, flour, rosemary, thyme, peppercorns, and black pepper. Add the egg whites and enough cold water (about 4 ounces) to make a thick dough. Roll out a layer of dough on an oven dish, place the chicken on top, and cover it with the remaining dough so that it is entirely encased.

Cook in the oven for 1 hour and bring the dish to the table with the crust intact, and then break away salty crust using a spoon. Carve the chicken with a carving knife and fork, and serve using two spoons or a spoon and fork.

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sitbynellie 4 months ago said:
Lovely recipe! thanks for sharing!
Susan

I think 'cooking salt' just means plain old everyday salt - not sea salt or kosher salt, just the cheap bog-standard stuff!!

victoriaregina 4 months ago said:
Me too. Cooking salt and table salt are the same.

Check this out.
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/saltguide.htm

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