Tarragon Mustard Food

CREAMY MUSTARD & TARRAGON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat the oil in an ovenproof pan. Season the chicken breasts, then brown for 1 min on each side. Remove from the pan, then set aside.
• Add the crème fraîche, mustards and tarragon to the pan, stirring to combine everything. Bring to a simmer, then return the chicken to the pan, spooning some of the sauce over the fillets. Lift into the oven, then bake for 20 mins until the chicken is cooked through and sauce bubbling. Great with green beans and rice.

WARMED TARRAGON MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine all ingredients except pepper.
• Heat/whisk over low heat until heated through.
• Spoon warmed, over fish or steak.
• Sprinkle with pepper and additional tarragon.
• DELICIOUS!

TARRAGON MUSTARD

Steps:

• Combine the port, vinegar, mustard seeds, shallots and garlic in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
• Transfer the mustard seed mixture to a blender and add the chili powder, ginger, salt and mustard oil. With the blender running on low speed, add 1/2 cup water and blend, adding a little more water if the mustard is too thick. Add the olive oil in a slow, steady stream until well-blended.
• Transfer to a bowl and stir in the tarragon.
• Store in a tightly-covered container in the refrigerator for up to one week.

LEMON-MUSTARD-TARRAGON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, zest, mustard, tarragon, honey, and a little salt and pepper. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until emulsified.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH TARRAGON-MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F.
• In small bowl, stir together creme fraiche, mustard and tarragon.
• Sprinkle pork tenderloins with salt and pepper.
• Heat large skillet over medium hig heat until hot.
• Add oil; heat until hot.
• Cook pork 4-6 minutes or until browned, turning once.
• Place pork in shallow roasting pan.
• Place same skillet over high heat.
• Add wine; bring to a boil, scraping up browned bits from bottom of skillet.
• Pour wine mixture around pork in roasting pan.
• Brush pork with 2 Tbs of the mustard mixture.
• Bake 15-25 minutes or until internal tem reaches 145 Deg.
• Place on serving platter, cover loosely with foil Place roasting pan over low heat.
• Whisk remaining mustard mixture into pan juices.
• Slice tenderloin into medallions; pour sauce over pork.

TARRAGON & MUSTARD MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Put the egg yolk and mustard in a bowl. With a hand whisk, keep whisking the mixture while gradually adding the olive oil. When all of the oil has been added, season to taste with the lemon juice and stir in the tarragon.

TARRAGON MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove the cooked chicken or pork from the skillet. Working over medium-high heat, add the chicken stock, heavy cream, mustard, and tarragon. Bring up to a bubble and simmer until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and pour over the cooked chicken or pork.

MUSTARD TARRAGON BUTTER

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients with salt and pepper to taste in a food processor until smooth. Chill butter, covered, until just firm but still malleable, about 30 minutes. Transfer butter to a sheet of wax paper and roll into a 6-inch log. Chill, wrapped in wax paper and then foil, until firm, about 1 hour.

TARRAGON-MUSTARD SEED RUB

Steps:

• Grind all ingredients in a spice grinder until no whole peppercorns remain.

ROASTED MUSTARD TARRAGON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• Pull off excess fat around cavities of chicken and discard, then rinse chicken and pat dry. Mix together 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper and rub inside cavity. Chop enough tarragon to measure 1 1/2 tablespoons and set aside, then add remainder of bunch to cavity. Put chicken in a flameproof shallow roasting pan or gratin dish and rub all over with 1/3 cup mustard. Tie legs together with string and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into fleshy part of a thigh (do not touch bone) registers 170°F, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Carefully tilt chicken so juices from cavity run into roasting pan, then transfer chicken to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from pan. Whisk in flour, then cook over medium heat, whisking, 1 minute. Add water, whisking constantly and scraping up brown bits, and bring to a boil. Simmer sauce until slightly thickened, then whisk in cream, remaining tablespoon mustard, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Strain sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding solids, then stir in reserved chopped tarragon. Serve chicken with sauce.