What is a ballotine?

What is a ballotine?

But about ballottines. Ballottines are galantines that are served hot rather than cold. After boning out the bird and combining the meat with additional ingredients as described above to make the forcemeat, the filling is wrapped in the skin and then tied in cheesecloth and braised until cooked through.

How do you make ballottines?

Ballottines could also be prepared from other meats, such as lamb or veal, in which case it would involve deboning the shoulder and then rolling it around a stuffing of forcemeat and then tied with string rather than wrapping it in poultry skin.

What’s the difference between galantines and ballottines?

The point is, you want to know about galantines and ballottines, and the difference between them. Well, ballottines are a subset of galantines, so let’s talk about galantines first. A galantine is an elaborate preparation that dates back to 17th century France.