Preparing Galantines and Ballottines

Here we discuss both galantines and ballottines under the single term galantine, although the information pertains to both.

To produce a fine galantine, start with the highest-quality poultry you can find. You normally need more than one fowl to prepare a galantine. You need a large fowl, such as a roasting chicken, to provide a skin wrapper large enough to encase the forcemeat. This is called the galantine’s primary fowl.