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Bare-neck free-range chicken in a coarse sea salt and thyme flower crust


Ingredients:6 people
  • Bare-neck free-range chicken in a coarse sea salt and thyme flower crust
    1
  • thick slice of country ham (fat and lean)
    1
  • flour
    1 kg
  • coarse sea salt
    400 g
  • fine salt
    200 g
  • egg whites
    2
  • whole egg
    1
  • flower of thyme
    1 tablespoon
  • salt, ground pepper


Preparation:
  • 30


Difficulty:[usr 2]

Dice the chicken liver. Chop the ham. Bring it back a bit. As soon as it makes a little fat, add the diced liver, stir, salt, pepper, add the thyme. Fill the belly of the chicken with this stuffing. Close with a wooden pick. Sprinkle the top with thyme. Preheat the oven to 170°C ( th.5/6 ).

Mix the fine salt, the coarse salt, 2 egg whites, the flour and 40 cl of water. Knead the dough well until it is a homogeneous consistency. Roll out this dough with a rolling pin. Cover the chicken completely. Pinch the ends to seal the edges well. Glaze the top with a brush dipped in the beaten egg.

Put the chicken in a casserole without a lid. Let cook for 1 hour. After baking, cut off the top of the crust with a serrated knife.

Present it to the table before freeing it from the salt and cutting it into pieces.

Bare-neck free-range chicken in a coarse sea salt and thyme flower crust

About:Naked necks, as the name suggests, are not only devoid of hair along the neck, but also under the wings.

Their less dense plumage allows them to resist heat well and adapt to hot climates in Africa or South America, among others.

The temperature of a chicken being 41°C, becoming lighter helps it breathe!

This characteristic is also of interest to breeders:the absence of feathers on the necks and under the wings makes the work of the electric plucker much easier. These usually fragile areas are less prone to bruising.