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Itziar García Rico-Gil, @itziarchef, from the Toledo School of Hospitality; was the winner of the AVIANZA CHALLENGE 2020. With his recipe “Picantón, mushrooms and butter bread” he had as a jury the chefs Albert Boronat, Bocuse d'Or Spain 2019 winning chef and Bocuse d'Or Europe 2020 finalist, and Juan Pozuelo, Technical Director Bocuse d'Or Spain Academy and Coach Bocuse d'Or Spain Team 2020.

At 23 years old, he is in the 1st dual medium degree at this prestigious school. She never considered any other profession other than that of a cook. She likes to discover new flavors, textures, smells and that is what she will do once she graduates, go to many restaurants where she can try until she defines her own style. She confesses that she feels proud of having decided after researching and practicing with picantón, among other techniques. , having cooked the breast and thigh separately, which made his dish stand out noticeably.

David del Moral, journalist, TV presenter and digital creator on networks such as Tele 5, Antena 3, TVE, Cuatro or CMT, @davidldelmoral On Instagram; was one of the influencers chosen to receive this exclusive recipe from Glovo, among the comedian Iñaki Urrutia, @inakiurrutia, the magician Jorge Blass, @jorgeblass, or content creators like Lorena Tejeda, @lorenatejeda, Teresa Vivancos, @teresa_vivancos and Roberto Garrera, @robertogarrera.

6 hospitality schools in Spain participated in the AVIANZA CHALLENGE to obtain the exclusive diploma from the Bocuse d'Or Spain academy and, thanks to Linkers, the largest hospitality and restaurant talent company in the country, its entire execution was possible.

Therefore, we share its recipe with you so that you can make it and enjoy haute cuisine made at home.


RECIPE: Picantón, mushrooms and butter bread.

Thigh

Ingredients: 

  • Two picantón thighs 
  • 100g Butter  
  • Thread for bridging 
  • Cs Salt 
  • Cs Tomillo 
  • Cs Romero 

Elaboration:

  • Bone the thigh. 
  • We bridle it to keep its shape and mark it with butter, thyme and rosemary. 

Poultry breast

Ingredients: 

  • 3 units shitake mushrooms
  • 2 units Chestnuts
  • 1 clove garlic 
  • 1/2 Onion
  • 1/2 Cob
  • Roast chicken fries 
  • 20g Almonds
  • 30g Panko
  • 1 egg
  • Cs Paprika
  • Cs Flour
  • Cs sunflower oil 

Elaboration:

  • Sauté garlic, onion, shitake, chestnut and corn. We reserve. 
  • We open the breast in a book and fill it with the previous sauce. 
  • We make a curl with it and keep it cold. 
  • When it reaches the desired consistency, cut it into slices, dip it in flour, egg and batter (Panko, almond flour and roasted chicken flavor potatoes). 
  • We fry in olive oil. 

Spanish chicken sauce

Ingredients:

  • 2 chicken carcasses
  • 1pc big onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic 
  • 2 units tomato  
  • Cs Porto
  • CsWater 
  • Cs Salt
  • Cs Spices
  • 10g Flour
  • 10g Butter
  • 30g Cornstarch

Elaboration:

  • We mark the casing of the picantón. We withdraw. 
  • We make a sauce with garlic, onion, and natural tomato. We add port wine and reduce the alcohol. 
  • We cover with water and boil. 
  • On the other hand, we make a roux and add the background. We boil and reserve. 

Purple cauliflower cream

Ingredients:

  • 1/2Purple cauliflower
  • Cs Oil 
  • Cs Salt 
  • Cs Pepper 

Elaboration:

  • Boil the cauliflower. 
  • Blend with oil, salt and pepper

ginger emulsion

Ingredients: 

  • 50g Ginger  
  • Cs sunflower oil 
  • Cs Salt 
  • Cs Pepper  

Siphon cake 

Ingredients: 

  • 120gNoisette Butter  
  • 5 units Eggs 5 units 
  • 80g Flour  
  • 60g Sugar 

Elaboration

  • Toast the butter. Put flour and sugar in a bowl with eggs. 
  • Put in a siphon with 2 loads.

Cream of whiskey chicken

Ingredients: 

  • Picantón carcasses 
  • 250g Whiskey  
  • shitake mushrooms 
  • 4pc. Chestnut 
  • 4 cloves of garlic 
  • Cs Oil 
  • 1 Breast 

Elaboration:

  • We add the garlic. Brown without burning and add the whiskey. 
  • When the alcohol is evaporated, add the chicken while it boils. 
  • Put it in the blender along with sautéed mushrooms and roasted chestnuts. We crush and put it in a sleeve.

sautéed mushrooms 

Ingredients: 

  • 6 Mini pickled baby carrots
  • 100g mushrooms sautéed over high heat  

Elaboration 

  • Sauté the pickled mushrooms and carrots over high heat

Sprouts 

  • Sprouts that add freshness and color to the dish.

The action, in collaboration with Linkers and the Bocuse d'Or Spain Academy, seeks to show the gastronomic richness of products such as pularda, picantón, capon, turkey or quail, and their versatility for the preparation of special dishes in restaurant establishments.

AVIANZA, the Spanish Interprofessional Association of Poultry Meat, He has launched Avianza Challenge 2020, an initiative that aims to publicize the best-known varieties of birds in our country for the preparation of original dishes during this Christmas, among them the pularda, the picantón, the capon, the turkey or the quail.

In addition, the aim is to show restaurants and hospitality establishments that decide to make the leap to home delivery that there are interesting alternatives in our gastronomic wealth to come up with very attractive proposals for their customers, exploring new sensations, preparations and alternatives beyond the fast food.

And far from the idea that the gastronomic offer that can be enjoyed from home is much more limited, in Avianza They believe that it is not so. Poultry meats offer important nutritional properties and are recognized as very healthy products. The challenge is to enjoy it in all its varieties through delivery services.

This action has the collaboration of Linkers and the Bocuse d'Or Academy Spain, and incorporates a national contest where chefs from 6 hospitality schools in our country will compete to create the best dish with the best-known varieties of poultry, in a format designed to be enjoyed at home.

Healthy and flavor-rich products

The delivery option is being a solution to the closure of many businesses and, now, this trend is not only being consolidated but is increasing. Although not all dishes seem to be equally present in the minds of chefs. Fast food dishes, easy to transport and quick to prepare, fill the lists of food delivery applications, but there is an infinite range of possibilities that is not being taken advantage of.

Among the foods that have the greatest possibilities for development and that have the positive evaluation of the public is poultry meat. Products such as chicken, quail or capon are a healthy alternative to enjoy the best cuisine without having to light a single stove. And, to prove it, this first Avianza Challenge 2020.

This initiative also aims to young chefs from all over Spain demonstrate that home delivery orders can be prepared where poultry meat is the protagonist in haute cuisine, giving space to picantón, turkey, poularda or quail. An action that highlights the richness of poultry species in our country and its influence on gastronomy.

The participation It is very simple: chefs from hospitality schools must submit their dish proposals. Of them, three contestants from each school will be chosen by the Bocuse d'Or Spain Academy, and they must make their dishes in front of a member of the Academy in a maximum of two hours. After trying the three dishes, the finalist from each school will be chosen. Finally, the jury will choose which dish from each finalist is best and the national winner will be chosen, whose name will be announced on December 26.

For such a special competition, the jury could not be less, and therefore the evaluations will be issued by chefs Albert Boronat, winner of the Bocuse d'Or Spain 2019 and finalist of Bocuse d'Or Europe 2020; and Juan Pozuelo, technical director of the Bocuse d'Or Spain Academy and Coach of the Bocuse d'Or Spain Team 2020. They will be in charge of evaluating the aesthetics, the composition of the plate, the argumentation of its creativity and the format designed for the delivery; but, above all and as it could not be otherwise, its flavor.

Participating hospitality schools

A total of six hospitality schools will participate in this first edition of the Avianza Challenge, and each of them will have the meat of a different bird, whose product will be supplied by Avianza.

Thus, the Toledo Hospitality School will have to prepare a dish based on picantón, while the IES Hotel Escuela de Madrid He will do it with Pularda. In the Joviat Manresa Hospitality School He will do it with quail, just like the Hofmann Barcelona Hospitality School. Lastly, the Seville Higher School of Hospitality will take care of the preparations with turkey, and in the UCAM University Degree in Gastronomy of Murcia They will do it with capon.

The winner of each school will receive a special pack of products and a commemorative diploma from the Bocuse d'Or Spain Academy, while, in addition, the national winner will receive a jacket that will certify him as such.

For Jordi Montfort, secretary general of the Spanish Interprofessional Association of Poultry Meat, “This initiative seeks to highlight the variety of birds we have in Spain and their contribution to the gastronomy of our country. Furthermore, it is a way to demonstrate to restaurant establishments that decide to make the leap to home delivery that they can count on quality products and not give up the creativity of haute cuisine, in addition to something very important, offering a flavor original through a good plate of capon, pularda, turkey or quail.