Poultry Rillettes with Maple Butter


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Recipe — Poultry Rillettes with Maple Butter
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6-8 portions
Metric Imperial

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 14 oz chicken, cubed
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1/2 cup maple butter
  • 4 sage leaves, chopped
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup duck fat
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 2 confit duck legs without the skin, meat removed from bones and shredded
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

Aspic

  • jar of store bought maple jelly
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Method

  1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat and sauté onions and garlic for 2.
  2. Add all the remaining ingredients except for the duck, and bring to a boil.
  3. Turn heat to low and let simmer for 30 minutes stirring from time to time.
  4. Remove from heat and shred chicken meat using two forks.
  5. Add the duck meat, then return saucepan to the stove and cook for another 15 minutes until soft. Let cool.
  6. In a saucepan, warm jelly and salt for 2 over low heat. Mix well. Let cool.
  7. Place alternating layers of rillette mixture and jelly in small jars.
  8. Refrigerate each layer for 30 minutes before placing the next one.

Serve on baguette, plain or with cheese.

Refrigeration time : 30 minutes per layer (for each jar)

The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers is not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.

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More about Maple

Maple syrup comes in four classifications, according to colour and taste.

At the start of sugaring season, syrup is generally clear, with a lightly sweet taste. It becomes darker and caramelized as the season goes on.

An unopened can of maple syrup keeps for many years.

Once the can is opened, syrup should be kept in an airtight container in a cool place.

100% pure maple butter contains no butter or dairy.

Like all 100% pure maple products, maple butter comes from the sap of the maple tree… and that’s all.