Blend dressing ingredients and allow them to meld while preparing the salad.
Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Reserving 1 c of the pasta water.
In skillet, heat oil. Add onion; add ginger and garlic. Add vegetables until cooked to crisp-tender (4-6 minutes). Add chicken, heat through.
Toss pasta and vegetable mixture with dressing. Add a little pasta water if necessary. Sprinkle with onions.
Plate fennel, onion and orange slices. Blend balsamic and oils and season to taste. Drizzle plated items.
Recipe Notes
Twist: Â Cranberry Pear Balsamic Vinegar, Lemon Balsamic Vinegar, Garlic Olive Oil, Lemon Olive Oil, Switch the fennel seed for Thyme or basil, or chives (try our Parisian Blend!) and consider adding a dollop of Local Honey
Grease a 13" x 9" baking pan or casserole
Heat a large, heavy bottom pot over medium heat. Add the olive oil, celery, onions, and carrots. Saute for 5 minutes until carrots are just tender. Add the flour and stir thoroughly so no dry spots remain. Whisking constantly, add the chicken stock to the flour and vegetables. Bring to a simmer stirring constantly until thickened. Add the cream and continue simmering and stirring for a couple of minutes. Check and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Add the potatoes, cooked chicken, peas, and thyme. Scrape the filling into the casserole or baking pan and set aside to cool slightly while you make the biscuits.
Biscuit
In the bowl of a food processor add all of the dry ingredients and pulse. Add the chilled butter and pulse a few times to incorporate and create small pea sized lumps of butter. Add the butter olive oil to the buttermilk and pour over the dry ingredients. Pulse a few more times until a loose, moist dough forms.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Roll out the dough to 1" thickness and cut out biscuits 2" in diameter. Place the biscuits on top of the pot pie filling about 1" apart. Brush with additional buttermilk and bake for 25 minutes until biscuits are fluffy and golden.
Delicious Homemade Buttermilk tip: use regular milk and add Cranberry Pear Balsamic Vinegar to make 'buttermilk'
Also CHILL all ingredients and do not over process for a light flaky biscuit.
Press into a 1/4 inch circle, instead of rolling out. Then cut straight down, no twisting with the cutter.
Place chicken between 2 pieces of plastic wrap, with a mallet pound until 1/4" thick. in a shallow dish place the flour and herbs. Dredge the chicken cutlets through the flour mixture and place in a skillet with heated oil. Brown each cutlet until golden and no longer pink. Set aside.
IN THE SAME skillet, add the balsamic vinegar and mushrooms to make a gravy/sauce. The sauce is wonderful on the cutlets OR on mashed potatoes.
Recipe Notes
The following are available from the Olive Twist, online and in stores:
