麻豆约拍

Coq au Vin

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1 medium chicken

4 rashers streaky bacon

10 shallots, peeled and halved or 2 onions sliced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 bay leaf

Few sprigs fresh thyme

2 tablespoons olive oil

50g butter

25g plain flour

1 tablespoon tomato puree

200ml red wine

200ml chicken stock

200g button mushrooms

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Prepare the chicken for saut茅 by first removing the breasts with a sharp knife. Cut down the middle of the chicken and run the knife close to the bone. Snap the legs and cut round the bone to remove.

Cut through the thigh bone to separate the drum stick. Cut the breasts in half.

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Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a large frying pan.

Add the bacon and cook until crisp. Remove the bacon and set aside Add the chicken skin side down to the pan and cook until golden on all sides. Transfer to a casserole or saucepan. Add the shallots and garlic and cook until golden. Add the tomato puree and cook for 30 seconds. Add the wine and bring to the boil. Cook for 5 minutes then add the stock. Pour over the chicken in the casserole, add the cooked bacon and place on a low heat with a lid. Simmer for 45 minutes.

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Heat the remaining oil in a pan until hot. Add the mushrooms and dot around 25g of the butter. Cook until golden.

Take the chicken from the pan.

Mix the remaining butter with the flour to a paste (beurre manie) and mix into the simmering juices. Cook for 5 minutes to simmer and thicken. Add the mushrooms and then coat the chicken with this sauce.

Garnish with chopped parsley and serve with baby boiled potatoes and a green salad.

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Green Salad with Classic Vinaigrette

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2 little gem lettuces

陆 cucumber peeled

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

25ml vinegar

75ml olive oil

Salt and pepper

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Separate the leaves from the lettuce and wash in cold water. Dry on kitchen paper. Place in a bowl. Slice the cucumber and mix into the lettuce.

Whisk the vinegar and mustard together. Drizzle in the oil, whisking constantly.

Season to taste and drizzle half of it over the salad the second you serve it.

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Walnut Bread

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500g strong brown bread flour

1 sachet dried yeast

75ml white wine

50ml olive oil

250ml lukewarm water

陆 teaspoon salt

50g finely chopped walnuts

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Mix the yeast, flour, walnuts and salt.

Make a well in the centre and add the wine, oil and water.

Mix to a loose dough and turn onto a floured surface.

Knead for 10 minutes or until dough is elastic.

Place in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a tea towel for an hour.

Knock back the dough and press into a floured baking sheet.

Leave for 25 minutes.

Set oven to 210藲C and bake the bread for about 25 minutes or until it sounds hollow when tapped.

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Baked Camembert

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1 Camembert in a wooden box

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Remove any plastic from the cheese. Place back in the box and cover with foil.

Bake in a 200藲C oven for 10 minutes.

Remove and serve straight away with the bread or sliced pears or apples.