Spicy Guinea Fowl With Maple Syrup Glaze
Poultry / Recipes with Maple Syrup
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Ingredients
- 3.3 lbs Guinea fowl
- 1 tablespoon salted herbs (mixture of herbs)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 diced carrots
- 1 chopped tomatoes
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (preferably Dark for its robust taste)
- 1 tablespoon Espelette or Sambal pepper
- 1 tablespoon light soya sauce
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 orange (zest)
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
Method
- Stuff salted herbs inside the fowl. Put in a roasting pan and baste with butter.
- Roast in the oven at 200 ˚C (400 ˚F) for 10 minutes.
- Add onion, carrots and tomato, then reduce temperature to 190 ˚C (375 ˚F) and roast for another 15 minutes. Add chicken stock.
- In a bowl, combine maple syrup, pepper, soya sauce and vegetable oil. Add orange zest and season with salt.
- Baste fowl every 5 minutes until you have used up all of the sauce (about 20 minutes) and then finish by broiling uncovered for another 1 or 2.
- Carve the fowl and serve with cooking juice.
- Serve with a puree of chestnuts, celeriac or squash.
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are 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.
