Truly French

You can find the most authentic French food at Novotel hotels. For a perfect dining experience, you can try the Cuisine Gallery at the Novotel Xinqiao. If you haven't visited for a while, you'll immediately notice our renovation and brand-new menu.

The new look of Cuisine Gallery was finished by French designer Philippe Ollendorff and new dishes are presented by the new French chef Jean Marc Perrigon, who has twenty-nine years of wide culinary experience from Egypt, Turkey, the United States, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and French Polynesia.

Chef's Recommendation: Spinach salad golden flower & chick liver      

Ingredients:

Baby spinach, 150-gram

Chicken liver, 80-gram

White wine, 5-cl

Brandy, dash

Cherry tomato, 100-gram

Balsamic vinegar, dash

Onion, 20-gram

Olive oil, 5-cl

Demie glace, oil, salt, pepper, yellow flower and 2 salted puff pastry stick

Preparation:

1. Clean the chicken liver, remove all the nerve and green part (bladder), marinate with the white wine and brandy;

2. Then chopped the onion in small cubes, clean the yellow Chrysanthemum flower and separate the petals; reserved in ice water until serving;

3. Clean and wash the spinach under water to remove the sand and bad leaves. Sauteed the chopped onion with olive oil in a pan, and add the chicken liver, salt and pepper, sauteed very fast for two minutes, over cooking will make them dry;

4. Finish by adding balsamic vinegar, let it reduce, then add a spoon of demie glace. Then rectify the seasoning. 

For service:

Put the spinach in a bowl, mixed them well to make them tired (soft). Arrange the spinach in a centre of plate, add the sautéed liver on the spinach, decorate with yellow flower and cherry tomato, and finish with the puff pastry stick. To be served with a nice dry white wine.

Bon Appetit….

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