Ballotine Of Chicken Stuffed with Black Pudding

[poodicat]

My son made this dish,had some chicken gravy with it,but although it was nice,felt like something was lacking,any suggestions what kind of gravy or sauce would go well with it?

[pastafreak]

Maybe a red wine gravy???
I've never had black pudding...so I am guessing.

[poodicat]

Maybe pasta,black pudding is delicious but quite strong flavour

[poodicat]

Nope,dont smoke..

[woofgang]

something sweet and sharp....orange and lemon sauce?

[poodicat]

Yep woof i thought that,maybe a plum or rhubarb sauce?

[woofgang]

that would make a lovely autumn dish

[merciasounds]

Black pudding CAN sometimes be greasy, depends just how much fat is in it, but I would suggest something quite tart or sharp, such as gooseberry

[jack daniels]

i was thinking on the lines of redcurrant gravy

Anna x

[poodicat]

Thanks, the fruit route seems to be the way...

[20SilkCut]

The dish sounds lovely poodi - however my taste buds would not allow me to have any kind of 'sweet' sauce/gravy with this - i'd be looking for a nice chicken and onion flavoured one....

[poodicat]

Hi silk the chicken gravy we had with it,didnt do anything,it was kinda boring...

[boxtops]

Cranberry, gooseberry - you need something tart to offset the sweetness of the black pudding. It sounds delicious, black pudding adds that certain something to many dishes.

[20SilkCut]

Maybe throw in a bit of garlic poodi....i'm sure that would be nice with chicken and black pudding...

Boxtops - i've never thought of black pudding as 'sweet'...then again i always put salt and HP sauce on it... :-)