Gentse Waterzooi - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 zucchini
    1 bunch carrot
    250 g mushrooms
    1 celery
    2 leeks
    2 onions
    24 small potatoes, peeled
    1600 g skinless chicken breasts, 8 pieces
    2 liters vegetable stock
    2 egg yolks
    400 ml cream
    1 bunch parsley
    pepper
    salt
    100 g margarine
    100 g flour
Preparation
    Chop all the vegetables (except the potatoes) finely (brunoise) and cook for 5 minutes in the vegetable stock. Drain, but keep the stock.
    Poach the chicken filets in the same vegetable stock for about 20 minutes.
    Cook the potatoes.
    Keep vegetables and chicken warm, while making the sauce.
    Strain the vegetable stock.
    Make a roux (or beurre manie) from 100 gr butter and 100 gr of flour = Melt the butter and add the flour, add 1 l of the vegetable stock, let cook until slightly thickened.
    Finish off by adding the cream and the beaten egg yolks and add salt and pepper to taste.
    Use soup plates for serving. Starting with the vegetables, put the cut up chicken filet on top, add sauce and garnish with potatoes and parsley.

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