Receta · Albania

Përshesh

Bread and broth with chicken

⏱ 2 h🍽 Serves 6

Festive comfort food: cornbread or day-old bread soaked in rich chicken (or turkey) broth with butter, served with the roast bird. A New Year's favourite in many homes.

Përshesh
Photo: Leeturtle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Përbërësit

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken (or turkey pieces)
  • About 500 g cornbread or day-old white bread, crumbled
  • 100 g butter
  • 1 onion, salt, pepper

Përgatitja

Method

  1. Simmer the chicken with the onion and salt for about 1 hour. Keep the broth.
  2. Roast the chicken briefly in the oven to brown it.
  3. Crumble the bread into a tray and pour over enough hot broth to soak it well.
  4. Dot with butter and bake at 200 °C (390 °F) for 20 minutes.
  5. Serve with the chicken.

Video

Watch it made

Receta Shqiptare Përshesh me kulaç dhe pulë/gjel.#gatimeshqiptare #albanianfood #ushqimetradicionale · Viola's Albanian Kitchen
Pulë e pjekur me përshesh !Gatim special për fundjava e festa ! · Pasion Kuzhine

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