Chicken Casserole De Luxe

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 5 lbs chicken, jointed
• 1/4 lb butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 slices ham, diced and without fat
• 10 small onions
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• parsley (tied in a pice of muslin)
• 12 mushrooms, unpeeled
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 1 cup red wine

Recipe

• 1 dredge chicken in flour.
• 2 melt butter in casserole.
• 3 sear chicken in hot butter, add ham, onions, garlic, mushrooms salt and pepper and herb bouquet(thyme, bayleaf and parsley).
• 4 let it boil briskly.
• 5 pour brandy over chicken and blaze.
• 6 add wine and cover the casserole.
• 7 reduce heat, and simmer until chicken is tender.
• 8 if sauce is not thickened, add some flour.
• 9 remove bouquet before serving.