Clear Chicken Ball and Watercress Soup

Name: Clear Chicken Ball and Watercress Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 sprigs of tarragon, finely chopped; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 × 400 g tins chicken consommé or clear homemade chicken stock; 1 egg white; 300 ml water; a bunch of watercress; 275 g skinless chicken breast fillets, cut into chunks; juice and finely grated zest of 1 lemon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Marvellous Meals with Mince

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 2012

About

If you’re on a low fat diet then this is a treat that you can really indulge in, and as it is so pretty and easy to make it will prove a perfect first course for any occasion. White balls of chicken delicately flavoured with lemon and tarragon float amongst watercress leaves in a clear lemony consommé – lovely!

Ingredients

275 g skinless chicken breast fillets, cut into chunks
2 sprigs of tarragon, finely chopped
juice

Method

Using a food processor, blitz the chicken until you have a fine mince. Put the chicken into a mixing bowl with the tarragon and lemon zest. Season well and beat in the egg white using a wooden spoon. With wet hands, form the mixture into about 20 very small balls.

Empty the consommé into a large saucepan and add the water. Using a fine sieve, strain in the lemon juice. Bring the liquid