Chicken And Dill Fricassee With Sour Cream Shortcakes
Publishing date: 20.09.2011
For the shortcake biscuits
1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Double-acting baking powder
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Sugar
2 tb Finely chopped dill
4 tb Cold vegetable shortening
2/3 c Sour cream
1/4 c Milk
For the fricassee
1/4 lb Mushrooms; sliced
1/2 Stick unsalted butter; (1/4
-cup)
3 tb Minced shallot
1/4 c All-purpose flour
3 c Chicken broth
3/4 c Heavy cream
1 pk Frozen peas; (10 oz.)
-thawed
1 tb Fresh lemon juice
1 ts Salt
2 1/2 tb Finely chopped fresh dill
4 c Bite-size pieces cooked
-chicken
1/4 lb Cooked ham; cut into cubes
(most 3/4 cup)
Make the shortcake biscuits Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking
pulverize, the baking tonic, the saltiness, and the boodle. add the dill and the
shortening, and blend the mixture until it resembles repast. Stir in the sour
cream and the milk and stir the mixture until it just forms a soft but
sticky kale. On a floured surface roll or pat out the kale 1/2 inch thick
and with a 3 1/2-inch cookie cutter cut out 6 rounds. Bake the rounds on an
ungreased baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 425F. oven for 15 to
17 transactions, or until they are prosperous.
Make the fricassee In a skillet cook the mushrooms in 1 tablespoon of the
butter over moderate warmth, stirring occasionally, until they give off their
liquid and reserve the assortment. In a large saucepan melt the unexpended 3
tablespoons butter over moderate heat and in it cook the shallot until it
is dull. Add the flour and cook the roux, stirring, for 5 transactions. Add
the broth in a teem, stirring, and cook the assortment, stirring, for 5
transactions. Add the cream and boil the assortment, stirring occasionally, for 10
proceedings. Add the peas, the lemon succus, the saltiness, the dill, the volaille,
the ham, the reserved mushroom assortment, and pepper to taste and simmer the
mixture for 10 transactions, or until the chicken is heated through.
Arrange a cookie, heated and tear, on each of the 6 dinner plates, spoon
some of the fricassee over the bottom one-half, and cover it with the top half
of the cooky.
Serves 6.
Yields
1 Servings









