Chicken, bacon, artichoke, spinach and sherry vinaigrette

To the legend of cooking, may he be all mighty and powerful....and remain on my left inner arm.
Gordan Ramsays makes it easy was this week's first challenge.
Chicken, bacon, artichoke, spinach and sherry vinaigrette dressing.
With the success of getting a whole chicken and boning it you can see challenge 1 has been a success, completed!


Although I did realize I mistakenly did not look into the ingredients as well as I could. Ah, dam Jerusalem artichokes and there winter availability.


Lucky there is another vegetable along the same lengths and that is none other then, the artichoke.
Ah so the recipe was saved ever so slightly. And even as a winter dish. It tasted damn good.

The chicken breast was poached for 5 minutes in a stock with rosemary and thyme. Then it was cooked with oil on the stove until the skin was crispy and the chicken was firm. Basted with butter and let to rest.

The artichoke was then cooked golden in oil and the bacon crisped to a delight.

White wine vinegar, chardonnay wine, Tabasco and sherry vinegar then emulsified with oil to make a vinaigrette.


I then turned the heat of the pan and quickly sauteed the spinach .
This was all then nicely and delicately placed on the plate then drizzled with the vinaigrette.

Mmmmmm tasty delicious nom noms.


What is next weeks challenge I wonder?
And which book will I use?
Stay tuned.
Jesse the handy hands cook