Best 5 Poulet Vallée Dauge Recipes

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In the heart of Normandy, France, lies the culinary gem of Poulet Vallée d'Auge, a succulent chicken dish steeped in history and bursting with rustic flavors. This traditional recipe, passed down through generations, showcases plump chicken pieces lovingly browned in butter and then braised in a rich sauce infused with Calvados, the region's famed apple brandy. As the chicken simmers, it absorbs the essence of sautéed onions, mushrooms, and apple, resulting in a tender and juicy masterpiece.

Accompanying this delectable main course are a trio of complementary recipes that elevate the dining experience. The Purée de Pommes de Terre à la Crème, a creamy and velvety mashed potato dish, offers a comforting foundation for the chicken's savory sauce. The Salade de Mâche aux Lardons et Croûtons, a vibrant salad featuring peppery mâche leaves, crispy bacon lardons, and crunchy croutons, adds a refreshing contrast to the richness of the chicken. And finally, the Tarte Normande aux Pommes, a classic apple tart boasting a flaky crust and tender, caramelized apples, provides a sweet and satisfying conclusion to the meal.

Here are our top 5 tried and tested recipes!

CHICKEN SOUS VIDE VALLEE D'AUGE



Chicken Sous Vide Vallee d'Auge image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 50m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 chicken breasts
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 apples, cored, peeled and sliced
2 shallots, finely chopped
4 ounces seasonal mushrooms
1/4 cup Calvados liquor
1 cup apple cider
1/2 cup heavy cream

Steps:

  • Preheat a sous vide water bath to 160 degrees F, using an immersion circulator head. Place the chicken in vacuum bags and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Seal the bags with a vacuum sealer and then submerge in the heated water. Cook for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the chicken from the bags and pat dry with paper towels. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and gently lay the breast of chicken in the skillet. Cook on each side for 1 minute and remove.
  • Heat the butter in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the apples, shallots and mushrooms and brown for 3 minutes. Add the Calvados and flame with a lighter. When all the alcohol is evaporated, add the cider and let it simmer for 3 minutes. Add the cream and mix well. Then add the chicken. Place the chicken on plates, topped with the apples and mushrooms. Coat with a generous amount of sauce.

POULET VALLéE D'AUGE



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A wonderful recipe bringing together calvados, chicken, apples, butter and cream - it's easy to size up or down

Provided by Orlando Murrin

Categories     Dinner, Main course

Time 45m

Yield Serves 2, but easily halved or doubled

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 small Cox's or other crisp eating apples
40g/1½ oz butter
2 shallots , finely chopped
2 free-range boneless chicken breast fillets , with skin on (about 350g/12oz total weight)
4 tbsp Calvados or ordinary brandy
100ml/3½fl oz chicken stock
100ml/3½fl oz crème fraîche , full-fat or low-fat
squeeze of lemon juice
finely chopped fresh parsley , to serve

Steps:

  • Quarter and core the apples and cut into smallish dice - a bit smaller than canned pineapple cubes. Put half the butter in a frying pan (you will need a lid for it later), heat until foaming, then tip in the apples. Fry for 7-10 minutes, turning more or less constantly, until golden brown all over and just tender when prodded with a knife. Lift out and set aside.
  • Melt the remaining butter in the pan and fry the chopped shallots for 2-3 minutes. Move them to the sides of the pan so they don't start to burn, then put the chicken in, skin side down. Cook the chicken, without moving it, for 3-4 minutes until browned, then turn it over and cook in the same way for another 3-4 minutes.
  • Heat about one third of the calvados in a ladle or small pan. Remove from the heat and set light to it with a match, then pour it over the chicken in the pan, stirring to burn off the fat. Repeat with the remaining calvados, in two batches.
  • Pour in the stock and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer very gently for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and tender. Lift the chicken on to a board and set aside to rest for a few minutes.
  • Vigorously bubble the remaining juices in the uncovered pan for a couple of minutes, to reduce, then stir in the apples and crème fraîche and keep the pan over a low heat.
  • Carve each breast thickly into 6 or 7 diagonal slices and transfer them to warmed plates, keeping the slices together by lifting them with a fish slice or wide palette knife. Check the seasoning of the sauce and spike with a touch of lemon juice, then spoon over the chicken. Sprinkle with parsley and eat.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 687 calories, Fat 45 grams fat, SaturatedFat 23 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 14 grams carbohydrates, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 40 grams protein, Sodium 0.97 milligram of sodium

BRANDIED TARRAGON CREAM CHICKEN (CHICKEN A LA VALLEE D'AUGE), CAMEMBERT RICE WITH WARM ENDIVE AND APPLES



Brandied Tarragon Cream Chicken (Chicken a la Vallee d'Auge), Camembert Rice with Warm Endive and Apples image

Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 19

3 tablespoons butter, divided
1 1/2 cups rice
3 cups chicken stock
4 ounces Camembert cheese, cut into small pieces
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
4 pieces boneless, skinless chicken breast
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 large shallots, thinly sliced
1/4 cup calvados or applejack brandy
6 large white mushrooms, thinly sliced
1/4 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon leaves
3 endive
2 Golden Delicious apples
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons chopped chives

Steps:

  • In a medium sauce pot over medium heat melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add rice and toss to coat, toast 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant. Add stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook 18 minutes, fluff with fork and stir in Camembert to melt.
  • While the rice cooks, heat 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and dredge chicken lightly in flour and shake off any excess. Brown chicken 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove chicken and reduce heat a little and melt in remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Saute the shallots 3 minutes until soft but not browned. Remove pan from the heat, add the brandy and ignite with a long kitchen match until the flame subsides. Return pan to the heat, add mushrooms and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add wine and reduce 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in cream and tarragon and slide chicken back into the pan.. Reduce heat to low and simmer 8 to10 minutes.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Trim the ends of endive and thinly slice the tight bottoms. Half the upper leaves across and separate the leaves. Quarter the apples lengthwise and cut away the core. Thinly slice the apples. Add the endive and apples and saute 3 to 4 minutes to tenderize. Dress the salad with vinegar and sugar, salt and pepper and chives.
  • Serve the chicken along side rice and endive and apples.

POULET VALLéE D'AUGE



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This is a classic dish from Normandy's Auge Valley- chicken flamed with Calvados (apple brandy) and served with sauteed apples. For variety, pheasant, partridge, goose-or even sweetbreads-may be substituted for the chicken. From Five Star Favorites, Friends of Mamie and Ike.

Provided by Vicki Butts (lazyme)

Categories     Chicken

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 17

4 whole chicken breasts (with skin) split and boned
1/2 c calvados or applejack
1 Tbsp minced frresh tarragon or 1 tsp. dried
grating of nutmeg
salt and white pepper
3 Tbsp clarified butter
1/2 c chicken broth or cider
1/2 c light cream
2 egg yolks
whole fresh tarragon leaves, optional
SAUTEED APPLES:
3 Tbsp clarified butter
8 medium golden delicious apples or tart green apples, pared, cored, each cut into eighths
2 Tbsp minced shallots or chives
1 Tbsp minced fresh tarragon, or 1 tsp dried
grating of nutmeg
salt and white pepper

Steps:

  • 1. Rub chicken with some of the Calvados and a mixture of tarragon, nutmeg, salt and white pepper. Shape into tidy ovals, tucking ragged edges under and securing with toothpicks. Set aside.
  • 2. Gently heat two skillets, each containing 3 tablespoons clarified butter. Place chicken pieces in one skillet and saute over low heat, turning often (do not brown).
  • 3. When chicken has cooked about 10 minutes, warm the remaining Calvados, pour over chicken and ignite. Shake pan gently until flame dies, then add broth.
  • 4. Cover and continue to cook over low heat 30 minutes or until done.
  • 5. While chicken cooks, combine apples, shallots and seasonings in the other skillet. Mix well and saute until apples are tender and lightly browned, about 30 minutes.
  • 6. When both apples and chicken are done, taste for seasoning and adjust.
  • 7. Spread apples on a heated serving platter.
  • 8. Remove toothpicks from chicken and arrange on the apples. Keep warm while preparing sauce.
  • 9. Combine juices from both pans in one skillet. Blend cream and egg yolks; stir into juices. Cook over low heat (do not boil), stirring constantly until slightly thickened. (The sauce should be thin.)
  • 10. Taste for seasoning. Strain into a warm sauce boat. Spoon a small amount over chicken.
  • 11. Garnish with tarragon leaves and serve immediately.

POULET VALLéE D'AUGE



Poulet Vallée D'auge image

A wonderful recipe bringing together calvados, chicken, apples, butter and cream - it's easy to size up or down

Provided by English_Rose

Categories     Chicken Breast

Time 45m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 small apples
2 ounces butter
4 shallots, finely chopped
4 boneless chicken breasts, skin on
8 tablespoons calvados or 8 tablespoons brandy
3/4 cup chicken broth
salt and pepper
3/4 cup creme fraiche
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 ounces parsley, fine chopped, to serve

Steps:

  • Quarter and core the apples and cut into smallish dice - a bit smaller than canned pineapple cubes.
  • Put half the butter in a frying pan (you will need a lid for it later), heat until foaming, then tip in the apples. Fry for 7-10 minutes, turning more or less constantly, until golden brown all over and just tender when prodded with a knife. Lift out and set aside.
  • Melt the remaining butter in the pan and fry the chopped shallots for 2-3 minutes. Move them to the sides of the pan so they don't start to burn, then put the chicken in, skin side down.
  • Cook the chicken, without moving it, for 3-4 minutes until browned, then turn it over and cook in the same way for another 3-4 minutes.
  • Heat about one third of the calvados in a ladle or small pan. Remove from the heat and set light to it with a match, then pour it over the chicken in the pan, stirring to burn off the fat. Repeat with the remaining calvados, in two batches.
  • Pour in the broth and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer very gently for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and tender. Lift the chicken on to a board and set aside to rest for a few minutes.
  • Vigorously bubble the remaining juices in the uncovered pan for a couple of minutes, to reduce, then stir in the apples and crème fraîche and keep the pan over a low heat.
  • Carve each breast thickly into 6 or 7 diagonal slices and transfer them to warmed plates, keeping the slices together by lifting them with a fish slice or wide palette knife.
  • Check the seasoning of the sauce and spike with a touch of lemon juice, then spoon over the chicken. Sprinkle with parsley and eat.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 573.7, Fat 42, SaturatedFat 21.5, Cholesterol 184.4, Sodium 344.2, Carbohydrate 16.9, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 8.6, Protein 33.3

Tips:

  • Use high-quality chicken: Opt for free-range or organic chicken for the best flavor.
  • Brine the chicken: This helps to keep the chicken moist and flavorful. You can brine the chicken in a mixture of water, salt, sugar, and herbs for several hours or overnight.
  • Cook the chicken over medium heat: This will help to prevent the chicken from drying out. You can cook the chicken in a skillet, a Dutch oven, or on the grill.
  • Use a meat thermometer to ensure that the chicken is cooked through: The internal temperature of the chicken should reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Let the chicken rest before carving: This helps to redistribute the juices and prevent the chicken from drying out.

Conclusion:

Poulet Vallée d'Auge is a classic French dish that is perfect for a special occasion. It is a delicious and flavorful dish that is sure to impress your guests. With a little planning and preparation, you can easily make this dish at home. So next time you are looking for a special dish to make, give Poulet Vallée d'Auge a try.

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