The theme for this month's 5 Star Makeover is Gourmet Picnic. As a part of the 5 Star Cooking Group, I was excited to transform a personal favorite: chicken pesto sandwich!
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| Chicken Pesto Sandwich |
With memorial weekend right around the corner, it is the perfect time for picnics, good food and good company. I made a chicken pesto sandwich with chicken pudding, pesto juice, tomato powder, paprika pecorino frico, topped with a poppyseeed bread crisp. The chicken pudding was made using agar agar and rich chicken stock. The paprika pecorino frico introduces some spice to the sandwich, and the whole wheat poppyseed bread crisp is light and surprisingly flavorful.
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| Grinding Dehydrated Tomatoes |
I dehydrated sliced tomatoes before grinding them into powder. Once the tomatoes were dehydrated, the flavors became extremely concentrated. A pinch was enough to add a layer of tomato flavors.
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Chicken Pudding, Pesto Juice, Tomato Powder, Paprika Pecorino Frico
topped with Whole Wheat Poppyseed Bread Crisp |
Thank you Natasha of
5 Star Foodie and Lazaro of
Lazaro Cooks! for hosting this month's makeover and introducing such fun and creativity to cooking.
What a fabulous deconstruction of a chicken pesto sandwich! Very creative, I love all the components here, sounds absolutely incredible! Truly 5 star!
ReplyDeleteSmart, creative, fun and perfectly executed. A fantastic dish indeed.
ReplyDeleteLove this beautiful reinterpretation of the chicken sandwich! I really love that paprika pecorino frico...sounds like it added some great flavor!
ReplyDeleteWow this looks and sounds delicious! What is the 5 Star Cooking group?
ReplyDeleteHi Leela! It's a cooking group started by 5 Star Foodie and Lazaro Cooks. Tomorrow they will do a roundup of all the participants' entries on the "Gourmet Picnic" theme. It's been a lot of fun =D
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i love how your dehydrated those tomatoes - i really need to get one. which one do you own?!
ReplyDeleteHey Junia! I actually used my small oven! It works perfectly. Just put slices of anything on a rack with a tray under to catch juices, then turn it to 150F for 8 hours or so with door partially open. I've done it to fruits too.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is so impressive - great makeover =)
ReplyDeleteThis is almost over my head as an idea. Great job.
ReplyDeleteWow! Chicken pudding is an inspired thing! I want.
ReplyDeletelove it. great approach to recreating the dish!
ReplyDeleteChicken pudding? *faint* The refined detail and presentation in this remade dish is incredible. I could imagine the intensity of the dehydrated tomatoes and the crisp looks like a delicious play on the customary bread; also reminds me of a similar appetizer from the tasting menu at Benu.
ReplyDeleteWow, very inventive makeover! Never dehydrated tomatoes either, I'm totally intrigued and would love to try this.
ReplyDeleteThis was really a cutting edge dish... I am incredibly curious about that chicken pudding.. what a luxurious idea and a smashing presentation. So wonderfully creative.
ReplyDeleteYou really know how to take "makeover" to another level. This is fantastic!
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Wow, I'm intrigued particularly by the tomato powder - I will have to give that a go for sure!
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss this from the challenge!? very creative dish and love the idea of deconstruction of chicken pesto sandwich!
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