Cornish Red Chicken, morels, asparagus, sauce Albufera

James Sharp

James Sharp

26th June 2024
James Sharp

Cornish Red Chicken, morels, asparagus, sauce Albufera

120 min

Recipe from Michelin-starred restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay

Ingredients

Cornish Red Chicken

  • Whole chicken

Asparagus and Wild Garlic Puree

  • 500g Asparagus
  • 50g Wild garlic Leaf
  • 50/50 chicken stock & water

Choux paste

  • 390g Water
  • 150g French Butter
  • 6g Salt
  • 210g Flour
  • 5 Eggs

Pomme Dauphine

  • 500g Baking potato
  • 5g Salt
  • 50g Black Truffle
  • 10g Truffle oil

Chicken mousse

  • 700g Chicken Breast
  • 100g Double cream
  • 17g Salt

Stuffed Morels

  • 200g chicken mousse
  • 50g asparagus puree
  • 5g Chopped parsley
  • 5g Chopped chives

Sauce Albufera

  • 1 bottle Brandy
  • 1 bottle Maderia
  • 500g Chicken stock
  • 300g Double Cream
  • 300g Milk
  • 200g Foie gras trim
  • 2 Shallots
  • 2 Garlic Cloves
  • Thyme
  • Black Peppercorns

Chicken Jus

  • 2kg Chicken Wings
  • 1 bottle white wine
  • 2.5kg Veal Stock
  • 2.5kg Chicken Stock
  • 6 Shallots
  • 1 Garlic
  • Thyme
  • Bay
  • White Peppercorns
  • Coriander Seeds

Garnish

  • Chickweed
  • Garlic flower
  • Garlic capers
  • Crispy chicken skin

Method

Cornish Red Chicken

Remove breasts, wings and legs.
Remove bone from legs and brine individual pieces for 30 mins.
Sous vide and cook 65c- 1 hour in steam oven.

Asparagus & Wild Garlic Puree

Finely slice asparagus and sauté in medium hot pan quickly. Add stock and cook until tender. When ready to puree add wild garlic and wilt.
Strain and blend until smooth. Adjust consistency.
Pass over ice.

Choux paste

Bring water, butter and salt to boil
Add flour and mix until smooth
Continue to whisk and beat for approx. 2 minutes or until dry
Leave in pan for 20 minutes covered with cartouche
Transfer to Kitchen Aid and slowly mix in eggs until smooth.

Pomme Dauphine

Bake potatoes in oven on salt until cooked.
When hot, scrap out potato and pass through tamis.
Weigh potato and mix with same amount of choux paste. Season with salt, truffle oil and chopped truffle.
Fry 190c until golden and crisp.

Chicken mousse

Dice lean chicken breast, paco with remaining ingredients and blitz 3 times from frozen.

Stuffed Morels

Trim and wash morels, mix all ingredients and pipe into morels.

Sauce Albufera

In a pan add chicken stock, sliced shallot, garlic, thyme and peppercorns and reduce to glaze.
In a separate pan reduce brandy, then Maderia to glaze and add to stock.
Add milk and cream, bring back to boil, add foie gras trim and slowly reduce to consistency.
Pass and reserve.

Chicken Jus

Roast Chicken wings in pan until golden all over.
Sweat shallots, garlic, thyme, bay and spices.
Add back chicken wings and deglaze with wine.
Reduce wine by 2/3 and add stock.
Reduce to consistency and pass.

To finish

Cook asparagus tips, rondels and wild asparagus in chicken emulsion and garnish

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