Name: Jacques Reymond: Spatchcock and buttered cabbage with verjus
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 spatchcock (about 500gm each), butterflied and quartered; 4 each spring onion bulbs and golden shallots, thinly sliced; 100 ml dry white wine; 50 ml port or muscat; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 6 juniper berries, roasted and crushed; 4 thyme sprigs; 60 ml (¼ cup) hazelnut oil; 25 ml verjus; 95 gm (1/3 cup) Dijon mustard; Buttered cabbage; 1 small Savoy cabbage, leaves separated (about 900gm); 60 ml (¼ cup) olive oil; 100 gm thin bacon rashers, coarsely chopped; 1 onion, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 150 gm butter, coarsely chopped; 60 ml (¼ cup) hazelnut oil; 25 ml verjus

Jacques Reymond: Spatchcock and buttered cabbage with verjus

Australian Gourmet Traveller French recipe for spatchcock and buttered cabbage with verjus by Jacques Reymond.

Serves 6

Prep

20M

Cook

15M

Total

35M

Ingredients

3 spatchcock (about 500gm each), butterflied and quartered

4 each spring onion bulbs and golden shallots, thinly sliced

100 ml dry white wine

50 ml port or muscat

2 tbsp white wine vinegar

3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

6 juniper berries, roasted and crushed

4 thyme sprigs

60 ml (¼ cup) hazelnut oil

25 ml verjus

95 gm (1/3 cup) Dijon mustard

Buttered cabbage

1 small Savoy cabbage, leaves separated (about 900gm)

60 ml (¼ cup) olive oil

100 gm thin bacon rashers, coarsely chopped

1 onion, finely chopped

3 garlic cloves, crushed

150 gm butter, coarsely chopped

60 ml (¼ cup) hazelnut oil

25 ml verjus

Method

Main

1.Preheat oven to 200C. Marinate spatchcock with spring onion, shallot, wine, port, vinegar, garlic, juniper, thyme, hazelnut oil and verjus for 30 minutes. Drain, place skin-side up on a wire rack placed on an oven tray. Brush with mustard, season with freshly ground pepper, roast until a crust forms and spatchcock is cooked through (12-15 minutes).

2.Meanwhile, for buttered cabbage, coarsely tear cabbage leaves, discarding thick veins. Heat oil in a casserole over low heat, add bacon, onion and garlic and stir occasionally until tender (4-5 minutes). Add butter and cabbage, season to taste, increase heat to high, cook until cabbage is just tender but still bright green (4-5 minutes). Transfer to serving plates, drizzle with hazelnut oil and verjus, top with spatchcock pieces and serve immediately.