Qervish Me Pule
At the heart of the dish is Albanian white corn meal that is toasted and caramelized and enriched with a chicken stock, garlic, walnuts and beautifully roasted chicken. Qervish Me Pule is a very flavorful dish, perfect for sharing among love ones! it can be paired with salads, roasted vegetables, bread, or eaten as it is!
Add <quantity>1<unit>cup</unit></quantity> of butter to a pot and cook on low heat until frothy
Cook 20m until butter foam becomes grey with specks of brown, stirring often to avoid burning
Remove from heat and cool down 10m
Strain slowly through fine mesh strainer into a pot. Discard the solids. The brown butter is ready
Add <quantity>60<unit>g</unit></quantity> of nutty brown butter to a pot on low heat
Add <quantity>1½<unit>tbsp</unit></quantity> of sweet paprika, mix until combined
Season with salt to taste
Simmer for 10m until butter begins to foam. Remove from heat and reserve
Add <quantity>1<unit>cup</unit></quantity> of walnuts to a pot with <quantity>2<unit>L</unit></quantity> of cold water
Cover and bring to a boil for 30s
Strain the walnuts and discard the water
Strain the blanched walnuts, and repeat the process of blanching with <quantity>2<unit>L</unit></quantity> of cold water
Boil for 30s
Strain walnuts and transfer to a pot with <quantity>2<unit>L</unit></quantity> of cold water to finish the process
Boil for 30s
Strain it and the Blanched Walnuts are ready
Flip chicken on backside, pull the wing joint and cut around the wing trying to avoid the breast. Cut wing cleanly. Reserve wings for stock
Grab legs and pop and loosen thighs from hipbone. Flip over, cut around thigh and skin. Flip over and cut skin below the wings across backbone
Pull the thighs off together keeping all of the skin, loosen with knife if necessary. Cut leg skin cleanly
Cut under breast to loosen backbone. Pull off bottom half of backbone. Cut under the skin around the wings. Break top half of back bone and remove. Reserve the backbone for the stock
Flip breast cage over and feel under skin for wish bone. Cut along the wishbone and remove with your fingers
Flip over the bone-in breast and gently chop down into the breast plate. Gently crack the breast plate so it flattens, making the roasting easier
Cut legs apart. Make an incision around the base of drumstick where the flesh meets the bone. Chop bones with cleaver and reserve for stock
Separate thighs and drums by cutting through where the joints meet
Chop the backbone in small pieces with cleaver
Chop the neck
Cut the wings in three pieces cutting through the joints
Add <quantity>1<unit>tbsp</unit></quantity> of vegetable oil in a stockpot on medium high heat
Add the chopped backbone, neck and wings into the heated pot
Season chicken bones with salt to taste
Cover with a lid and roast for 10m until golden
Trim, peel and cut <quantity>1</quantity> onion into large pieces
Smash <quantity>3<unit>cloves</unit></quantity> of garlic
Stir chicken bones and roast 10m until evenly golden
Add the chopped onion and garlic, cook 10m until translucent
Add <quantity>2.5<unit>L</unit></quantity> of water to the chicken bones
Simmer on medium heat for 60m until reduced by ⅓
Chop <quantity>100<unit>g</unit></quantity> of blanched walnuts
Trim, peel and mince <quantity>4<unit>cloves</unit></quantity> of garlic
Melt <quantity>300<unit>g</unit></quantity> of butter over medium heat until frothy
Add <quantity>150<unit>g</unit></quantity> of white corn meal
Toast for 20m while stirring often until deep golden and nutty aroma
Slowly add <quantity>1½<unit>L</unit></quantity> of hot chicken stock
Cover and simmer on medium low heat for 20m until it thickens
Add the minced garlic and chopped blanched walnuts. Stir to incorporate
Season with salt and black pepper to taste
Preheat oven to broiler setting at <temperature>220<unit>°C</unit></temperature>
Roast the chicken cuts, skin side down, in a large pan with <quantity>1<unit>tbsp</unit></quantity> of vegetable oil on medium heat. Press down well
Season with salt to taste. Roast for 10m until golden. Flip the chicken pieces and season with salt to taste
Roast for 10m until golden
Remove the chicken legs from the pan
Roast the chicken breast for 5m until ⅔ cooked. Remove from pan
Pour the Qervish in a casserole. Arrange the roasted chicken
Broil in the oven at <temperature>220<unit>°C</unit></temperature> for 15m until golden and bubbly. Remove the casserole
Finish the dish with the paprika brown butter
The Qervish Me Pule is ready
Enjoy with family or friends!
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