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-1 capon of 3kg <\/b>
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-1 small glass of cognac <\/b>
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\n-50g of nuts<\/b>
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-50g of butter (or even a little more!)<\/b>
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Here is the beautiful beast ! A beautiful capon of three kilos, with a meat much less dry than the turkey. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd here are all the ingredients for the stuffing. We’ll have to start sewing for this recipe… Soak the raisins in a little cognac and warm water. <\/i>
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Preheat your oven to 200\u00b0C. Place the veal cutlet, chicken breast, egg, glass of cognac and the bread soaked in milk (slightly wrung out) in a blender. <\/i>
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Pour the dough into a container, add salt and pepper, and add the drained raisins and chestnuts. You can of course cut the chestnuts a little. For my part, I like to find big pieces in the stuffing, so I leave them whole! <\/i><\/div>\n
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Make sure there is nothing left in the capon. There are often those big chunks of fat that need to be removed. <\/i><\/div>\n
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Tie the capon tightly by folding the thighs towards the entrance of the stuffing. We can see here that the skin has torn. It is finally a good thing to show you this because you will see that it is quite catchable!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n<\/i>Place the capon on the drip pan of your oven or in a large rimmed dish. Season generously with salt and pepper and place the butter pieces on top. Then sprinkle with a little water, enough so that there is a small puddle of water that will prevent the bottom from burning. <\/i><\/p>\n
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Put the capon in the oven at 200\u00b0C. You will now have to baste every 20 to 30 minutes with the cooking juices from the capon. If necessary, you can add a little water. After 40 minutes of cooking, lower the oven temperature to 170\u00b0C<\/b>. After 1 hour and 15 minutes of cooking, turn the capon over and continue cooking for another 1 hour and 15 minutes, basting the meat regularly with the juices. <\/i><\/div>\n
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*<\/i><\/div>\n**At the end of this time, so 2h30 in all, add the fresh or frozen chestnuts. At home, we use chestnuts from Picard which are perfect. Return to the oven. <\/i><\/div>\n* <\/i><\/div>\n<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n
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Continue cooking for another 1 hour. The chestnuts cook in the fat of the capon… Turn them regularly in the sauce to keep them soft. A delight!<\/i><\/div>\n *<\/i><\/div>\n**<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n*
<\/i><\/div>\nAt the same time, I invite you to cook potatoes in duck fat. It is sure that it is heavy, but after all, the Christmas meal is only once in the year ! <\/i><\/div>\n
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<\/i><\/div>\nAll that remains is to serve the cut meat with the well-cooked chestnuts and the cooking juice in a sauceboat. <\/i><\/div>\n
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<\/i><\/div>\nAll this with crispy potatoes and chestnuts. <\/i><\/div>\n
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Capon with chestnuts<\/h2>\n
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For cooking:<\/b><\/h3>\n-50g of butter (or even a little more!)<\/b>\n-1kg of raw chestnuts (fresh or frozen from Picard, they are perfect!!)<\/b>\n-water<\/b><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n