Chicken, asparagus

Recipes

Chicken, asparagus

By Michael Meredith

45 minutes Preparation time

3 hours Cooking time

10 servings Serves

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Ingredients

1.6kg chicken wings
600ml olive oil
4 garlic cloves
10g thyme
100ml chicken jus
1.5 leaf gelatine
Bay leaf
Salt to taste
200g asparagus
40g chives, finely chopped

Mayonnaise

1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
1 tbs whole grain mustard
1 tbs chardonnay vinegar
200ml grapeseed oil
50ml olive oil

Method

Chicken terrine

1. Pre-heat oven on Conventional 100°C.
2. Cut the chicken wings in half and place them in a gourmet oven dish. Add the garlic, thyme, bay leaf and salt.
3. Cover with olive oil and place in the Oven on shelf position 2. Confit in the Oven for 3 hours, or until soft.
4. Remove the chicken from the oil and pick all the meat off, discarding the skin while still warm.
5. Soak the gelatine in a bowl of cold water.
6. Line a terrine mould with cling wrap allowing enough to hang over the top edges of the long sides of the mould. Pack the meat into the lined terrine mould.
7. Warm the chicken jus on Induction setting 4, then remove from the heat and add the gelatine.
8. Pour the jus over the chicken making sure it covers all the gaps.
9. Wrap with cling wrap, weight it and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Mayonnaise

1. Place the egg, egg yolks, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper into a food processor and blitz to combine.
2. Combine the oils in a jug and gradually add to the eggs and mustard while the food processor is still running. Continue doing this until you have a thick emulsion.

Asparagus

1. Place asparagus in a perforated steam container and steam at 100°C for 2 minutes. Refresh the asparagus in iced water.
2. Thinly slice the asparagus. Mix through enough mayonnaise to bind the asparagus, followed by the chopped chives.

To serve

1. Portion terrine into even squares, place a scoop of the asparagus mayonnaise on top and serve.

Applicance Functions

  • Induction Cooktop
  • Steam
  • Conventional
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Michael Meredith

Michael Meredith is an acclaimed chef and restaurateur based in New Zealand. Born in Samoa, his earliest food memories are of his mother's pancake stall at a local market in Apia. His latest restaurant, Metita, which opened in late 2023, is a tribute to his late mother and is located in Auckland's SkyCity precinct. The menu at Metita offers a contemporary take on Polynesian and Pacific cuisine, inspired by his childhood. Throughout his career, Michael has been recognized for his inventive use of local and seasonal ingredients. He was the founding chef of The Grove in 2004, and later opened his own multi-award-winning restaurant, Merediths, which operated for a decade. He is also the owner of the Auckland eatery Mr Morris. Beyond his restaurants, Meredith has been involved in charitable projects. He was a co-founder of Eat My Lunch, a social enterprise that helps provide lunches to underprivileged children in New Zealand. He also lends his culinary skills to other causes, such as raising money for the Starship Children's Hospital.