Julienne

Hot Starters | Russian

Julienne is a Russian snack, despite its French name. This dish is made from mushrooms baked in sour cream, cream or in a béchamel sauce under a cheese crust, usually in a cocotte. The French word "julienne" generally refers to the way of cutting vegetables into strips. In Russia, this word changed its meaning and began to denote a la carte way of cooking mushrooms with a sour cream sauce. Often mushrooms are combined with chicken meat, and less often julienne is made from chicken and seafood.

Ingredients

Chicken thighs - 600 g
champignons - 300 g
onion - 1 bulb
carnation - 1 bud
celery - 2 stalks
hard cheese - 50 g
butter - 130 g
flour - 3 tbsp.
freshly grated nutmeg – a pinch
salt – to taste
freshly ground white pepper – to taste.

Preparation method (receipt)

Put chicken thighs in a saucepan, pour 3 liters of boiling water, bring to the boil, add salt and skim off the foam. Clean the mushrooms and separate the stipes from caps. Peel an onion, stick a carnation into it, put it in a saucepan with thighs and mushroom stipes. Cut celery into large pieces and add to the saucepan. Cook with gentle boiling until soft meat, for about 30 minutes. Remove the meat from the bones and cut into small pieces. Put bones back in the broth. Cook the broth under a high heat and evaporate two-thirds. Strain out the broth. Chop the champignon caps into 8-10 pieces. Melt 30 g butter in a deep frying pan and fry the champignons under a high heat, often stirring so that all the liquid is evaporated. Add mushrooms to the meat. Melt the remaining oil in a frying pan. Pour in the flour, stir thoroughly and fry for 3 minutes, stirring. Pour in the broth, stir with a wire whisk and cook for 4 minutes, stirring. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, mix with the thigh meat, grated cheese and mushrooms. Pour into ramekins for baking. Bake in a preheated oven to 180 °C until golden brown for about 5 minutes. Serve very hot.

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