Thursday, 4 July 2013

Coq au Reisling

Recently I came across a Pin which reignited my passion for cooking. This Pin was about a recipe by Nigel Slater. When I saw the post I just knew I had to make it, and when I saw just how incredibly simple the ingredients and this recipe is, I immediately made plans to make it. Well I am excited to say that tonight I finally made it, and disappoint it did not!

Now I confess that this recipe is exactly as I found it, unaltered. Usually I try to adapt things to make it truly my own, but this time I resisted and made it like it says. I actually halved the recipe as it was just for my Boyfriend and I, it turned out amazing! I didn't use an expensive Riesling either; The one I used was a random buy at my local Liquor store. I used the Yellow Tail Riesling and it cost less than $15.00. 

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Nigel Slater’s Coq au Riesling
Recipe type: Dinner, Entree, Chicken, Main,
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Serves: 4-6
 
I followed Nigel’s recipe but amended the quantities slightly as I needed to feed my family.
Ingredients
  • 50g (1.76 ounces) butter
  • splash of olive oil
  • 2 onions, finely chopped
  • 125g (4.41 ounces) bacon/pancetta, sliced into thin strips
  • 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 8 chicken pieces on the bone (I used 4 thighs and 4 drumsticks)
  • 250g (8.82 ounces) portabellini mushrooms, sliced
  • 500ml (16.91 fluid ounces) Riesling (or dry white wine of your choice)
  • 250ml (8.45 fluid ounces) cream
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • handful chopped parsley
Instructions
  1. Melt the butter and oil together in a large pan. 
  2. Brown the chicken pieces all over and remove from the pan.
  3. Add the onions and bacon and allow to fry until the onions are soft and translucent and the bacon has rendered it’s fat.
  4. Add the garlic and allow to saute for another 30 seconds before removing the mixture from the pan (leaving the fat behind).
  5. Season the chicken with salt and pepper (I used white pepper) and place in the pan, skin down.
  6. Allow to brown all over then add the mushrooms and allow to fry for 5 minutes.
  7. Add the onion and bacon mixture back to the pan.
  8. Pour in the wine and allow to come up to a boil. Turn down the heat and cover. Allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
  9. After 15 minutes, uncover, turn up the heat and add the cream. Allow to cook for another 5 minutes.
  10. Add the chopped parsley and season to taste.
Serve with rice, pasta or crusty bread.

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This was a wonderful dish and to me is like a lite, white, version of Beef Bourguignon. I highly reccomend trying this one out! Let me know what you think!


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xoxo, RainSmurf!

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