Name: Ham and chicken terrine
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 100 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 ham hock (about 1.3kg); 2 each celery stalks and carrots, coarsely chopped; 2 onions, quartered; 2 fresh bay leaves; 1.8 kg chicken, halved lengthways; 160 gm (2 cups firmly packed) flat-leaf parsley; 3 titanium-strength gelatine leaves, softened in cold water for 5 minutes; To serve: extra-virgin olive oil

Ham and chicken terrine

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for ham and chicken terrine.

Serves 8

Prep

10M

Cook

1H 40M

Total

1H 50M

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If you don’t want to do much cooking on Christmas Day, this is an ideal addition to the menu; it can be prepared all ahead, allowing a day for the terrine to set. It will keep refrigerated for three or four days. Serve it with cornichons, a crisp frisée salad or toast.

Ingredients

1 ham hock (about 1.3kg)

2 each celery stalks and carrots, coarsely chopped

2 onions, quartered

2 fresh bay leaves

1.8 kg chicken, halved lengthways

160 gm (2 cups firmly packed) flat-leaf parsley

3 titanium-strength gelatine leaves, softened in cold water for 5 minutes

To serve: extra-virgin olive oil

Method

Main

1.Place ham hock in a large saucepan and cover with cold water. Add celery, carrot, onion and bay leaves, bring to the boil, then reduce to medium and simmer for 1 hour. Add chicken and simmer for a further 40 minutes. Remove pan from heat and set aside covered to finish cooking chicken (20 minutes).

2.Remove and discard skin from chicken and ham, then shred meat into large pieces. Place in a bowl and set aside. Strain and reserve 500ml poaching liquid. Purée parsley in a blender with a little warm poaching liquid. Squeeze excess water from gelatine and stir into reserved poaching liquid, then stir in parsley purée and season to taste.

3.Line a 1.5-litre loaf tin or terrine mould with plastic wrap. Place chicken and ham evenly in pan, then pour parsley mixture over. Cover and refrigerate to set (overnight).

4.Turn out terrine onto a board and slice thickly with a warmed sharp knife. Serve drizzled with olive oil toast, cornichons and salad alongside.