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Crested (mashed potato chicken) with chickens

Mashed-Potato Hen with Chicks (Food Art)

A playful, food-art presentation! The recipe itself — mashed potatoes — may be traditional, but the plating is one of a kind. The whole point of this dish is its originality and the cook's imagination. It's culinary art — FOOD ART!

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Recipe author

Crested (mashed potato chicken) with chickens

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Potatoes

Chicken eggs

Quail eggs

Radish

Arugula

100

Bread roll

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 16 % 3 g

Fats 5 % 1 g

Carbohydrates 79 % 15 g

74 kcal

GI: 87 / 13 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

For the base of our hen, take two bread rolls — a larger one for the body and a smaller one for the head. Join them with a wooden skewer.
Step 2:

Make ordinary mashed potatoes: boil the potatoes in salted water until tender, drain, mash with a potato masher, and beat in the eggs. The mash should be stiff enough to shape our hen. While it's hot (or warm), sculpt the body and head of the hen from it, like a sculptor.
Step 3:

Once the hen shape is formed, use a regular spoon to press small dimples into the mash for texture. Make the eyes from berries and the comb from carrot.
Step 4:

Take the radish (white or green), wash and peel it, and carve out daisy shapes with a sharp, curved-tip knife to garnish the dish. Make 2-3 daisies from the radish.
Step 5:

For the daisies, cut yellow centers from lemon peel or carrot. Add some leaves — arugula works especially well.
Step 6:

To round out the scene, make the chicks: hard-boil the quail eggs, cool, and peel them. Set some out whole beside the hen, and cut a few in half so the yolk shows, using black peppercorns for the chicks' eyes. For the nest, use cooked spaghetti. And there's your one-of-a-kind dish — especially fitting for Easter!

The heart of this dish is its original presentation and the cook's imagination — plus a bit of skill and creativity. Anyone can make plain mashed potatoes, but not everyone sculpts figures out of them. Try experimenting: build your own edible work of art like a sculptor! Then dress up the hen with daisies carved from an ordinary radish — cut them with a sharp knife and arrange them around the plate. And don't forget the little chicks made from quail eggs, nestled around the mother hen. Getting creative in the kitchen is a blast!