5 chicken celery puree chestnuts Recipes

celery, chopped (choose a head of celery with decent leaves, which you can use as decoration), leek, greens trimmed, bulb split, rinsed and chopped, carrot, peeled and chopped, onion, chopped, garlic, minced, red wine, very thin slices streaky bacon, cornish hens, halved (or 8 chicken thighs), olive oil, all-purpose flour, pearl onions, peeled, celery, chopped diagonally, port, red currant jelly, heavy cream, butter, caster sugar, cooked chestnuts (not puree), available at speciality food stores

butter, onion, thinly sliced, stalk celery, thinly sliced, carrot, thinly sliced, flour, chicken broth, chestnuts packed in water, drained or 6ounce can puree, salt and freshly ground pepper, madeira or sherry, sour cream , optional, snipped chives for garnish , optional

shin beef (i substituted chuck roast) or 2 1/2 lbs beef cheeks (i substituted chuck roast), olive oil, streaky bacon , cut into lardons (i substituted thinly sliced streaky beef for sukiyaki as i don tsp use bacon), shallot, peeled and left whole, carrot, finely chopped, onion, finely chopped, stalk celery, finely chopped, chestnut mushrooms, quartered (i substituted baby portobello or cremini mushrooms), bouquet garni (1 sprig thyme, 1 bay leaf, and a few stems of parsley tied together), tomato puree, red wine , ideally a burgundy (i used pinot noir), veal stock (i used beef stock) or 2 1/2 cups dark chicken stock (i used beef stock), salt & pepper, potatoes , such as desiree or maris piper (i used yukon gold), butter , cut into cubes, whole milk, double cream (i used a local brand of heavy cream with an especially high butterfat content)

fresh breadcrumbs (use all white or a combination of white, soft rye and whole wheat.), unsalted butter or 8 tbsp margarine, minced yellow onion, minced celery, garlic cloves, minced, minced water chestnut, chopped fresh thyme leaves, chopped flat-leaf italian parsley, fresh chicken liver (rinsed & drained ), chicken broth, well seasoned or, canned broth , doctored or, well-seasoned vegetable broth, extra-large egg, lightly beaten, salt , to taste, freshly ground coarse black pepper , to taste, pure maple syrup, sliced packaged bacon or 2 1/2 lbs turkey bacon, wooden toothpick , to secure bacon rolls