Christmas poussin

Name: Christmas poussin
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 50 grams butter, softened; 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon, halved; 1 Tbsp plain flour; 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 serving stock from vegetables (see goes well with); 4 poussin

Christmas poussin takes about 45 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 194 calories. This recipe serves 4. It works well as a side dish. If you have butter, flour, rashers streaky bacon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your Christmas event.

Instructions

Heat oven to 230C/fan 210C/gas

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Oven

Smear the butter all over the poussins, season inside and out, then criss-cross the bacon over each one. Sit the poussins in a roasting tin and cook for 40 mins until the birds are golden and the bacon is crisp.

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Butter

Bacon

Remove from the tin, leave to rest and set the tin aside until youre ready to make the gravy.

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Gravy

About 5 mins before you sit down to eat, make the gravy.

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Gravy

Place the tin on a medium heat, then stir in the flour and splash in the Worcestershire sauce. Bubble together, then drain the veg over the roasting tin and stir in the vegetable stock. Bring the gravy to the boil, taste for seasoning, adding more Worcestershire sauce if needed, then pour into a warm gravy jug.

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Worcestershire Sauce