Fried rillettes


Fried rillettes
Rilletes formed into thin cakes and fried. This allows the fat to drain off during cooking and leaves crunchy and tasty discs of lean meat which can be served with mashed potato (purée).
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Last modified on: December 11th 2011

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Stage 1 - 8 min.
Fried rillettes
Heat the serving plates.

Flatten 200 g rillettes into thin cakes in a non-stick pan.

Stage 2 - 15 min.
Fried rillettes
Put the pan on high heat and allow the fat to run out, mopping it up from time to time with absorbant paper.

Stage 3
Fried rillettes
Stop when the cakes are well fried.

Stage 4 - 1 min.
Fried rillettes
Place a disc onto each plate.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Fried rillettes
Cover with 2 spoonsful of hot mashed potato (or potato rissoles, if you know how to make them).

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Fried rillettes
Top with a second rillettes cake.

Serve with a little green salad.
Remarks
You will notice that the rillettes you buy in the shops have a lot of fat and not much meat, so it is far better to make your own rillettes, if you can.
And to drink?
A red wine with plenty of tannin, such as a Cahors.
Keeping
A few minutes once cooked, but they can also be reheated.
Source
After Alan Passard.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
9,758 Kcal or 40,855 Kj486 gr810 gr2,466 gr
488 %187 %76 %374 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,626 Kcal or 6,808 Kj81 gr135 gr411 gr
81 %31 %13 %62 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,440 Kcal or 10,216 Kj122 gr203 gr617 gr
122 %47 %19 %93 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 2.08 €
  • Per person : 0.52 €

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Potato puréePotato purée: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Duck Parmentier, Dauphinoise potatoes with Serano ham, Aligot, Potato and two ham gratin, ... All
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