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Exquisite Confit Giblet Salad with Blueberry Vinegar Vinaigrette

Ingredients: Serves 4
  • Poultry giblets (livers, hearts, gizzards, kidneys, rooster combs, etc., as available): 120 g
  • Butter: 1 walnut-sized piece
  • Blueberry vinegar: 4 tablespoons
  • Caster sugar: 1 tablespoon
  • Batavia lettuce: 1 head
  • Fresh peas: 500 g
  • Mini gourmet peas: 500 g
  • Fava beans: 300 g
  • Green beans: 120 g
  • Pink radishes: ½ bunch
  • Chervil: ½ bunch
  • White mustard: 1 tablespoon
  • Grapeseed oil: 5 tablespoons
  • Fine salt: to taste
  • Pepper: to taste
Preparation:
  • Preparation time: 35 minutes
  • Cooking time: 30 minutes

Trim the giblets carefully, removing the gall bladder. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Season the giblets with salt and pepper, then sear until pink in the center. Deglaze with blueberry vinegar and simmer a few minutes. Sprinkle with caster sugar; cook 2 minutes more. Set aside.

Wash, spin-dry, and tear the Batavia lettuce; reserve. Shell fresh peas; boil 7 minutes. Drain, shock in ice water, reserve. Shell mini gourmet peas; boil 6 minutes. Drain, cool, reserve. Trim green beans; cook al dente 4-8 minutes. Drain, cool, reserve. Shell fava beans; blanch 8 minutes. Drain, cool, slip off skins, reserve.

Trim and thinly slice pink radishes; reserve.

Plating: Divide lettuce and confit giblets among four large plates, alternating with vegetables. Garnish with radish slices.

For vinaigrette, whisk mustard, blueberry vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Gradually emulsify in grapeseed oil.

Drizzle vinaigrette over salad; serve remainder in a sauceboat. Garnish with chervil sprigs or flat-leaf parsley.

Expert Tip: Choose pale chicken or rabbit livers. Source giblets from trusted poultry suppliers for peak quality.

Joëlle's Note: Keep giblets pink and fresh—this is a spring salad. In winter, swap in carrots, endives, or turnips.

Source: Hubert's Favorite Recipes.

Exquisite Confit Giblet Salad with Blueberry Vinegar Vinaigrette