Chicken, Apples, and Cream à la Normande
This magic trio of Chicken, Apples and Cream makes for one terrific, elegant entree!
Chicken, Apples, and Cream à la Normande
Today’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe reminds me of a favorite dish I frequently whip up on Christmas Eve featuring pork tenderloin medallions. They are sauteed with apples, Calvados and cream turning a simple cut of meat into a celebratory dish. I knew I’d have no difficulty selling this one to the picky hubby…well, except for the “fungus” as he disparagingly calls mushrooms. My secret is to leave the mushrooms in big pieces so he can avoid them. Then I eat his rejects. It’s a win-win!
A Classic French Combination
Chicken with cream sauce is a classic entree in Normandy, and adding apples and Calvados from the region make it even more ” a la Normande.” We had the pleasure of visiting France in June. Staying at a picturesque chateau in the Normandy countryside, we had the best meal of our whole holiday. The dessert was an exquisite apple tiramisu with a good dose of the local Calvados. Pure heaven. My supply of Calvados is now dwindling. Why didn’t I pick up an extra bottle on our trip????
Bill loved this French chicken dish as I predicted, but next time I’ll add only half a finely chopped onion as the onion flavor was quite pronounced and give the flavor some oomph with the addition of some fresh minced herbs like thyme or rosemary. A link to the recipe for Dorie’s Chicken, Apples, and Cream à la Normande can be found below.
Nick, Tom and Katie in front of the Château de L’Isle-Marie~
At Mont Saint Michel~
This recipe for Chicken, Apples, and Cream à la Normande appeared in the Daily Herald.
32 Comments on “Chicken, Apples, and Cream à la Normande”
Liz, I realize that I am a few days behind in commenting on your lovely presentation of the Norman chicken but I wanted to let you know that your chicken looks just so wonderful and isn´t it even better if it comes with some great memories of a family vacation spent in Normandy (we were there some three years ago and adored everything about our trip). Your “re-design” is “easy on the eye” which I really appreciate.
Sorry, I just saw this now – realise your RSS feed did not transfer automatically when you moved to WordPress (but I am all re-subscribed now). Love the pictures from Normandy. Love Normandy. Loved this dish!
Your plating is so beautiful! I had a hard time figuring out how to make this one look nice. Turns out chopped fresh parsley can fancy up most anything! 🙂
Your new site is fantastic my friend 🙂
Lovely dinner dish!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Your dish looks so wonderfully delicious…even though this one didn’t quite hit the spot for me. It seemed to lack something and you’re right…the onion was too much! I will give it another chance and make some changes!
Thanks for including those fun pics! Its always fun to know you’ve been to where the dishes are supposedly from. I haven’t made this one yet but its on the list of those I will def get to soon for a catch up post. I wasn’t all that keen on it but all the Doristas have made it look rather tempting.
I love the sound of this dish, apples, cream and calvados sounds delish. Glad to know the amount of onions was too much I’m not a fan of strong onion flavor. Nice recipe and great photos.
These flavors sound heavenly together!
/oh I cannot believe I didn’t make this one today it looks so delicious! and I love Calvados!!! Happy Holidays!!!
this sounds wonderful Lizzy! Also love the photos of your trip. We spent a week in France this past year also, it is so charming though we were there when there was over a foot of snow – still loved every minute of it!
Sweet and savoury! I love the chicken with apples! I imagine them to taste absolutely amazing!! I always add slices of apples into my sandwich whenever I can! 🙂
Lizzy, that’s a beautiful dish! Apples with chicken is new to me, I’ve tried pork with apples though 🙂