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Chicken supremes à la favorite (suprêmes de volaille à la favorite)

Erken's chicken supremes à la favorite from 1914: skinless chicken breasts are salted, floured, browned in clarified butter, brushed with egg, and finished in a hot oven, served with buttered chopped mushrooms and a light mushroom sauce. The recipe includes her general explanation of supremes and the three preparation methods (browned, light, steamed).

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 291 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The recipe appears in the chapter on poultry and game, among a series of fine 'suprême' dishes of chicken breast with French names. Erken first explains what a fillet/suprême is, and the three basic ways of preparing them – browned, light, or steamed – before giving the dish itself, à la favorite, which is the browned version with mushroom sauce.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Cut out the supremes

    Cut the breasts off the chickens along the breastbone and remove the skin. This gives you four supremes. Pat them dry well.

  2. 2

    Season and flour

    Sprinkle the supremes with fine salt and dredge them in wheat flour.

  3. 3

    Brown in butter

    Heat clarified butter in a sauté pan until it is hot but not browned, and add the supremes.

  4. 4

    Brush and cook

    Brush the supremes with beaten egg, place the pan in a hot oven (about 225 °C (435 °F)) for 10–15 minutes, and let them sauté on both sides until cooked through but still juicy.

  5. 5

    The mushrooms

    Chop the mushrooms and let them sweat in a little butter for a couple of minutes.

  6. 6

    Plating

    Place the supremes on a platter, arrange the mushrooms around them, and pour over a good, light mushroom sauce. Serve at once, or the meat easily turns tough.

Changes from the original

Ingredient quantities are estimated and given in modern measures (dl, g, pcs), since the original only lists the ingredients. Clarified butter is kept, but can be replaced with ordinary butter or butter and oil. The oven temperature is given in degrees, and the method is divided into numbered steps in modern Norwegian.

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Kylling champignons salt mel smør egg. «Filet» og «suprémes» er en og samme ting; herved forstaaes fuglens bryst, delt langs brystbenet i to dele og skindet fjernet. Av hver filet eller supréme kan man faa den store og lille filet; men det er kun av større fugl, man tar begge; av en liten kylling f. eks. avskjæres ikke den nederste del, den lille filet. Suprémer tilberedes uten eller ialfald med saa litet væske som mulig, da de ellers vil bli haarde. Suprémer kan brunes, tilberedes lyse eller dampkokes. I første tilfælde krydres de med litt fint salt, vendes i hvetemel og lægges i en sautépande med hett, avklaret smør, ikke brunet. Suprémerne pensles med vispet egg og sættes i het ovn i 10—15 minutter; sautéres paa begge sider. Lyse suprémer krydres med fint salt, lægges i pande med nysmeltet smør, vendes i smørret flere ganger, dryppes med litt citronsaft; lok lægges paa panden, som sættes ind i en meget varm ovn, til suprémerne er færdige, 5 å 10 minutter. Smørret heldes fra; panden skylles med litt vin, champignonsaft eller hønsekraft; denne sky benyttes i sausen. Dampkokte suprémer krydres med fint salt, dryppes med nogen draaper frisk citronsaft, lægges paa smurt fat eller tallerken, og et smurt papir lægges over, men skal ikke berøre kjøttet, og en anden tallerken hvælves over. Sættes over en dampende vandkjel i 20 minutter. Suprémer maa, hvilken maate de end er tilberedt paa, serveres straks de er færdige, ellers blir de let haarde. Av det tiloversblevne hønsekjøt lages farce eller forskjellige andre retter. Av skroget kokes buljong. Suprémerne Supremene utskjæres, saltes, meles og lægges legges i en pande panne med hett, avklaret smør, pensles med egg, sættes settes i varm ovn og sautéres paa begge sider. Ved anretningen omgives omgis de med champignons, som er hakket og har trukket i smør et par minutter, overheldes overhelles med en god, lys champignonsaus.

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Frequently asked questions

What is meant by chicken 'supremes' or 'fillets'?
It is the bird's breast, divided along the breastbone into two parts with the skin removed. From each supreme you can get one large and one small fillet, but the small one is taken only from larger birds – on a small chicken you do not cut off the lower part.
Why should the supremes be cooked with as little liquid as possible?
Because otherwise they turn tough. The recipe recommends cooking them without liquid, or at least with as little as possible.
How are the supremes browned?
They are seasoned with a little fine salt, dredged in wheat flour, and placed in a sauté pan with hot clarified butter that has not browned. Then they are brushed with beaten egg and put in a hot oven.

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