Green & pleasant land chicken salad

Name: Green & pleasant land chicken salad
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg; 3 tablespoons single cream; 6 tablespoons mayonnaise; 1 teaspoon tarragon vinegar; 40 g flaked almonds; 25 g raisins; 20 small lovage leaves; leaves from 5-6 sprigs of tarragon; flaked sea salt and black pepper; flaked sea salt and black pepper; 1 fresh bay leaf, scrumpled; ¼ teaspoon sugar; ¼ teaspoon mustard powder; 100 ml white wine; 200 ml cold water; 1 small onion, halved; 3-4 sprigs of thyme; 3 boneless, skinless free-range chicken breasts (about 450 g); 3 boneless, skinless free-range chicken breasts (about 450 g); 1 small fennel bulb, trimmed; 10 radishes, halved lengthways; a small handful of chives, trimmed and chopped in half; leaves from 5-6 sprigs of tarragon; 1 bay leaf; 6 black peppercorns; 150 g French beans (about 2 large handfuls); 150 g shelled small broad beans

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Good Table

By Valentine Warner

Published 2013

About

If at all possible, try and find some lovage for this salad, or plant some yourself - it is very easy to grow. This wonderful English herb is sadly ignored in modern cooking, and should be reinstated. Its slightly curried, aniseed twang is wonderfully intense and also goes well with lamb and all shellfish (and there’s a lot to say for it in a jug of Pimms too). Lovage really lifts this whole dish into another dimension; but if you can’t get any, it’s good anyway.

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Gluten-free

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