After you taste the Chicken and Dumplings at the Blackberry Farm, you won’t want to eat your mom’s recipe again. Hand made pasta, shaved black truffles and melt into your mouth roasted guinea are just few of the ingredients that make this recipe so special. It is served at The Barn restaurant located at the resort, which is run by award winning chefs.
Here’s the recipe for guinea (or chicken) and dumplings…You will want to eat this all winter long!
- 2lbs Guinea Hen Leg quarters
- 1C salt
- ¼ C sugar
- 20 sprigs thyme
- 2qt chicken fat (can substitute duck fat)
Combine salt, sugar and thyme sprigs. Coat chicken leg quarters in mixture and place on a wire rack and allow to cure overnight. Next, rinse mixture off of chicken and pat dry. Place chicken into a half 4-inch hotel pan and cover with chicken fat. Place in a 250 F oven and cook until tender (approximately 2-3 hours). Remove chicken from pan, and when cool enough to handle pick the meat from the bone and discard skin and bones. Reserve chicken.
- 1 lb. Idaho Potatoes
- 2 Eggs (beaten)
- 1 cup Flour (approximately)
- 2T Salt
- 2qt +1C Chicken Stock
- 1T Chicken fat (can substitute duck fat)
- Salt and Black Pepper to taste
Bring a pot of water to 148 F and poach eggs in their shell for 55 minutes and reserve.
Bake potatoes in 350 degree oven until tender. Rice potatoes through a food mill and allow potatoes to cool slightly, but still warm. Fold in egg, 2 teaspoons of salt, and truffle. Add flour gradually until mixture comes together and is not wet. Roll mixture into cylindrical shapes and cut desired length.
In a sauce pot over medium high heat bring 2 quarts of salted water and to a simmer. Blanch gnocchi in until they float. Next, shock in ice water and reserve.
In a large sauté pan over medium high heat, heat chicken fat until shimmering. Place gnocchi in pan and toast until golden brown, add reserved chicken and 1 cup of chicken stock. Finish by adding chives and seasoning with salt and black pepper. Crack egg over the top.
~ Courtesy of The Barn at The Blackberry Farm
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