Name: Chicken with Morels
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 bouquet garni (thyme, bay leaf and parsley); ½ glass of dry sherry (say about 100 ml/3½ fl oz); 1 glass of dry white wine (say 150 ml/5 fl oz); ½ onion, peeled and sliced; ½ leek, trimmed and sliced; 1 garlic clove, peeled and sliced; 175 ml (6 fl oz) (double) cream; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter; 50–100 g (1¾–3½ oz) fresh morels; 2 shallots, peeled and very finely chopped; 1 chicken, weighing 1.6–1.8 kg (3 lb 8 oz–4 lb); salt and black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Long and Messy Business

By Rowley Leigh

Published 2018

About

Rice pilaff is the best accompaniment.

Ingredients

1 chicken, weighing 1.6–1.8 kg (3 lb 8 oz–

Method

Joint the chicken, removing the legs from the body and separating the drumsticks from the thighs. Cut off the wing pieces, taking a good piece of the breast with them and leaving a large breast piece that should be chopped in half, producing eight pieces in total.

Chop the carcass, put it in a large pan of cold water and bring to the boil. Skim carefully, then add the onion, leek, garli