Chicken-Ginger Sausage Studded With Truffle
- 2 pounds white meat chicken
- 1/2 pound fatback
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 tablespoons foie gras, cut in small cubes
- 3 to 4 ounces coarsely chopped black truffles
- 4 tablespoons cut chives
- 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh ginger
- 4 egg whites, lightly beaten
- 16 ounces creme fraiche
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Grind the chicken with the fatback using fine blade of meat grinder.
- Saute onion in butter until it is soft.
- Do not allow butter to color.
- Add onion, foie gras, truffles, chives and ginger to chicken mixture.
- Mix well.
- Stir in egg whites and cream.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Using sausage stuffer, stuff casings.
- Twist and tie every 4 to 5 inches.
- Poach sausages in chicken stock very slowly for 15 minutes.
- Cool in stock.
- To serve, reheat in poaching liquid.
white meat chicken, fatback, onion, butter, foie gras, black truffles, chives, fresh ginger, egg whites, salt
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3335 (may not work)