bernard matthews? No way!

[crisgal]

whilst out shopping my daughter begged me for some mini kievs. She's had them at a friends house and said she loved them.
I bought her the and she really did enjoy them.
I forced myself to try one and can see the appeal.
I never ever buy processed food though so have been trying to work out a recipe to make my own.
i can make the garlic filling and finely grind the chicken, and know how to pane (SP?) it.
My question is: Could i freeze little balls of the filling, then mould the chicken around it before breading. Or would the cold temperature affect the cooking of the chicken?
I'm just trying to think of a way that would keep the filling on the inside.

[bimbo123456]

Yum vivandron I think I might try that one :)

[vivandorron]

bimbo....I am pleased that you liked my suggestion as I did yours.

Hope we all have given crisgal a few good ideas.

Ron.

[crisgal]

yes i was thinking of a scotch eggy type thing.
i love the thigh idea.
Haven't had time to try yet. She's off to camp with cub scouts for five days -sob- so would i thought it be a nice meal for when she gets back.
unfortunately, i haven't actually had an answer to my original question.
Would a fozen centre affect the cooking of the chicken?

[Ratty2E]

If I was making them I would be happier that the whole thing was the same temperature before I cooked it. So you could either make them up ahead of time to give the center time to defrost before you cooked it. Or freeze the whole thing and cook from frozen as many of these processed foods suggest you do. I would be worried about the chicken in the middle next to the frozen bit being cooked properly before the outside got burnt otherwise.

[crisgal]

yes i think you're right.