Menu help

Roesy

Hi all,
I'm cooking dinner for 7 people on Friday and am stuck for a main course idea. My guests are a fussy bunch! One does not eat pasta/spicy food/goats cheese, one does not eat red meat and I'm not fond of pork
The menu so far is:

Starter: Filo parcels with spinach and goats cheese or cream cheese and pesto served with salad and a spicy tomato salsa

Main: Some sort of chicken dish?

Dessert: Chocolate fondants

I've had a look through my recipe books but nothing is jumping out at me. Any suggestions appreciated!

catho_monster

Avoca chicken and broccoli pie, with mash?

Found the recipe here: http://arteculinaria.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/chicken-and-brocolli-gratin/

headmaster

Give them roast stuffed chicken and if they don't like it, too bad. Do the rest as you've said, apart from the goats cheese because someone doesn't like it. Give them gravy as well, then they should be well stuffed. Afterwards, get them to wash up their dishes, telling them it's the new way to do things. I bet it will work extremely well for you. Good luck.

Roesy

catho_monster wrote: »

Avoca chicken and broccoli pie, with mash?

Found the recipe here: http://arteculinaria.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/chicken-and-brocolli-gratin/

Was having a serious lack of inspiration. This sounds nice. I'll put this on the shortlist. Thanks!

headmaster wrote: »

Give them roast stuffed chicken and if they don't like it, too bad. Do the rest as you've said, apart from the goats cheese because someone doesn't like it. Give them gravy as well, then they should be well stuffed. Afterwards, get them to wash up their dishes, telling them it's the new way to do things. I bet it will work extremely well for you. Good luck.

Thankfully I have a volunteer for the dishes already

headmaster

Thankfully I have a volunteer for the dishes already

H'mm, is SHE doing the cooking as well

trackguy

How about homemade Chicken Kievs? Make a simple garlic butter and stuff into a chicken breast. Coat in flour, egg and breadcrumb and fry in the pan. Always goes down well! It's lovely with any kind of vegetable/ potato too.

gebbel

catho_monster wrote: »

Avoca chicken and broccoli pie, with mash?

Found the recipe here: http://arteculinaria.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/chicken-and-brocolli-gratin/

How do you make 110g of Roux? I know it is flour and butter, but how much of each?

Many thanks

Mr Simpson

gebbel wrote: »

catho_monster wrote: »

Avoca chicken and broccoli pie, with mash?

Found the recipe here: http://arteculinaria.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/chicken-and-brocolli-gratin/

How do you make 110g of Roux? I know it is flour and butter, but how much of each?

Many thanks

55g each of butter and flour, melt the butter and then add in the flour, whisking constantly until you've got a paste. (use a wooden spoon to get to the edges of the pot as the flour can catch and burn). Hope this helps.

mobfromcork

gebbel wrote: »

How do you make 110g of Roux? I know it is flour and butter, but how much of each?

Many thanks

It says in that recipe to 'whisk in the roux' to the reduced stock and cream. I think it should read 'whisk into the roux'. You should add the liquid to the roux bit by bit, constantly whisking or you will end up with a lumpy sauce.

martic

mobfromcork wrote: »

It says in that recipe to 'whisk in the roux' to the reduced stock and cream. I think it should read 'whisk into the roux'. You should add the liquid to the roux bit by bit, constantly whisking or you will end up with a lumpy sauce.

I wonder was it beurre manié instead of roux that is called for in the recipe as it would be whisked into the sauce

Kimia

Chicken - here's some suggestions!

Chicken wrapped in parma ham stuffed with spinach and cheese.

Coq au vin - can be made the night before so very easy !!

Chicken curry - maybe a nice aromatic indian or red thai chicken curry.

Chicken fettucini alfredo

Chicken breasts marinated in soy, honey and garlic

Roast chicken

Chicken teriyaki

Roesy

Thanks for all the ideas! Went with Kievs in the end but I have plenty of ideas for the next few weeks now.