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Roast chicken rigatoni, Béarnaise butter

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 40 mins
Ingredients
  • For the butter:
  • 3 shallots, peeled and finely diced
  • 100ml red wine vinegar
  • A few twists of black pepper
  • Some tarragon stalks
  • 454g soft butter
  • 1tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 2tbsp chopped fresh tarragon leaves
  • 500g rigatoni pasta
  • Some leftover roast chicken, diced (use two cooked chicken breasts if you have no leftovers)
  • 100g Parmesan, grated

1 Put the shallots, red wine vinegar, pepper and tarragon stalks into a pan. Reduce the vinegar until it has nearly evaporated, then remove from the heat.

2 Put the butter into a mixing bowl, then beat for three minutes until it becomes light and fluffy.

3 Add the mustard and chopped tarragon, remove the tarragon stalks from the reduction, then add it to the butter.

4 Roll the butter in parchment and keep in the fridge.

5 Cook the pasta as per instructions, then drain, leaving a little of the cooking liquid in the pot (about half a cup).

6 Slice off a quarter of the butter and add it to the pasta along with the chicken. Season and serve with the grated Parmesan on top.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford