GUINEA FOWL MARYLAND
Ingredients
- 50g/1¾oz butter
- 198g tin sweetcorn
- drained
- 100ml/3½fl oz chicken stock
- 2 large florets cauliflower
- cooked
- vegetable oil
- for deep frying
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp Cajun spice
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 guinea fowl breasts
- skin on
- 5 tbsp brandy
- 200ml/7fl oz chicken stock
- 100g/3½oz butter
- 198g tin sweetcorn
- drained
- 2 tbsp birch syrup (alternatively use maple syrup mixed with a touch of soy sauce)
- 1 very ripe banana
- at room temperature
- 3-4 tbsp double cream
- 1 bunch of watercress
- to garnish
Directions
- For the sweetcorn purée
- heat half the butter in a large frying pan and add the corn. Cook for 1-2 minutes then add the stock and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the remaining butter and the cauliflower and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- For the guinea fowl Maryland
- preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
- Heat a deep-fat fryer to 180C
- or alternatively half fill a large deep saucepan with vegetable oil and heat it until a cube of bread turns golden-brown within 1 minute of being added to the oil. (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended.)
- Combine the spices and rub them into the guinea fowl. Heat an ovenproof frying pan and
- once hot
- add the meat and cook until golden-brown all over. Deglaze the pan with the brandy by stirring the bottom to loosen any charred bits of meat. Cook for a few minutes to allow the alcohol to burn off. Add the chicken stock to the pan
- cover with aluminium foil and finish in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
- In a frying pan
- heat a knob of butter and fry the sweetcorn until the butter is brown. Stir in the birch syrup. Keep warm until ready to serve.
- With the skin on
- use kitchen paper to ensure the banana is dry. Deep fry the banana
- with the skin on
- until it is brown and bubbling then remove from the fryer. Cut in half widthways.
- When the guinea fowl is cooked
- remove it from the pan and set aside to rest. Put the pan on the hob and heat until the volume of liquid has reduced to a sauce. Remove from the heat and whisk in the remaining butter and cream to finish.
- To serve
- carve the breasts and serve with the toasted corn
- banana halves and sweetcorn purée. Spoon over the sauce and garnish with watercress.

