Recipe veal blanquette with truffles and rice pilaf

BY SÉBASTIEN MONCEAUX

Recipe for 8 people

Rice Pilaf

  • 80 g butter 
  • 150 g sweet onions 
  • 400 g long rice 
  • 750 ml chicken stock 
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 10 g salt 
  • 1 g ground white pepper 
  • 40 g butter 

Blanquette

  • 1.8 kg of veal shoulder
  • 200 g sweet onions
  • 200 g carrots
  • 200 g leeks
  • 5 g thyme
  • 5 g bay leaf
  • 1 g rare pepper 
  • 5 g coarse salt 

Pickled mushrooms

  • 1 L water
  • 150 ml lemon juice
  • 50g of salt
  • 1.9 kg button mushrooms
  • 2.5 g herbes de Provence 
  • 2.5 g ground pepper
  • 50 ml grape seed oil
  • 5 g salt
  • 1 g lemon peel 

Veal soup

 

  • 45 g Basmati rice
  • 500 ml of liquid cream
  • 1 L cooking stock
  • 7 g salt
  • 1 g ground pepper
  • 100 g butter
  • 50 ml lime juice 
  • 2 g lime peel

Preparation

step 1: preparation of ingredients

Preparation of the blanquette of veal with truffles :

  • Prepare the cooked carrots by heating them in a little white stock and butter.
  • Heat the meat, sauce and mushrooms together (vacuum packing is possible), 

Preparation of the pickled mushrooms :

  • Boil the water, lemon juice and salt.
  • Poach the mushrooms, cut into quarters, for about 5 minutes. 
  • Let them cool down, season with herbs de Provence and oil, lemon zest.
  • Set aside and keep in a cool place.

step 3: preparing the rice pilaf

  • Chop the sweet onions and sweat them in butter in a Russian pan over low heat.
  • Pour in the unwashed rice and add the pearl. 
  • Moisten with the boiling chicken stock.  
  • Season and add the bouquet garni. 
  • Bring to the boil and cover tightly with a lid and baking paper. 
  • Bake in the oven at 200°C for about 15 to 20 minutes. 
  • Leave to rest for 15 minutes before uncovering. 
  • Set aside and finish with butter to send.

step 2: preparing the veal soup

  • Reduce the cooking stock with the aromatic garnish to 1 litre. 
  • Moisten with the 500 g of liquid cream and the raw rice (3% binding agent).
  • Cook again for 30 minutes with the rice.
  • Blend in the butter to obtain a smooth and homogenous sauce.  

Assembly and finishing :

  • Arrange the pigeons and strips of black Melanosporum truffle on top of the rice in a soup plate and finish with the herbs.  
  • Add freshly ground pepper and serve the rice on the side with the roasted flaked almonds as a topping.