Name: Pollo in Fricassea (Chicken in lemon sauce)
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: small white onion, chopped; 4 fl oz/110 ml olive oil; 2 oz/60 g butter; 3 egg yolks; juice of 1 lemon; 2 tbsp flour; 6 fl oz/165 ml-8 fl oz/220 ml stock; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; salt & white pepper; 3 lb/1.4 kg chicken, cleaned, dried and cut in pieces

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Table in Tuscany

By Leslie Forbes

Published 1985

About

This classic method of cooking chicken in lemon sauce is equally good with loin of veal cut into pieces.

Ingredients

3 lb/1.4 kg chicken, cleaned, dried and cut in pieces
2 oz/60

Method

Heat the oil and butter in a shallow heat-proof casserole, add the onion and saute gently until transparent. Add the chicken pieces and brown well all over. Pour in about 4 fl oz/110 ml of stock, cover and