Feather Fowlie

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    10

    Portions
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gary Maclean's Scottish Kitchen: Timeless traditional and contemporary recipes

By Gary Maclean

Published 2022

  • About

This is a fantastic broth, and it must have one of the best names of any dish in this book. It reminds me of classical French cooking – in particular, its use of cream and egg yolks, which enrich and thicken the broth. It is a brilliant recipe and would work as an evening meal in its own right.

Ingredients

  • 1 small chicken
  • 2 litres (2 quarts) water, or enough to cover your chicken

Method

  1. Put the chicken in a pot and top up with water, then bring to the boil on the stove. Reduce the heat and cook on a low simmer for 1 hour.
  2. Next, add your vegetables, thyme and the bay leaf, and cook for a further 30 minutes.
  3. By now your chicken should be cooked. Carefully remove it from the pot and put it to one side to cool. You might have to top the