Recipe for Baby Chicken in Salt Crust 
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Yield:
4 servings
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
SALT CRUST ----------------
1 kg Strong Flour
700 gm Salt
4 x Egg Whites
250 ml Water
----------------- CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES ----------------
4 whl Poussin
Selection of Vegetables, (green beans, new potatoes, baby carrots, turnips)
----------------- CHICKEN SAUCE ----------------
200 ml Whipping Cream
250 ml Strong Chicken Stock
250 ml Dry Sherry
16 x Morel Mushrooms, (optional - cultivated will do)
1/2 x Lemon, (juice)
Instructions:
Instructions: 1. Mix together the flour, salt, egg whites and water until a dough is formed.

2. In a hot pan seal off the chicken until golden brown.

3. Roll out the pastry and wrap the birds to form a bird shape.

4. Egg wash and sprinkle with rock salt.

5. Bake in a hot oven for 45 minutes until the pastry is golden. Gas Mark 7.

6. Crack open the pastry and serve with vegetables and a sauce.

Chicken Sauce

7. Bring to the boil the Sherry and the Mushrooms for 2 minutes.

8. Add cream and stock to reduce until it coats the back of the spoon.

Season with salt, pepper, lemon juice and chopped rosemary.

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