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Elizabethan pot-roast chicken with spiced plums and creamy leeks

Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 4-6
From Stately Suppers

Method


  1. Brown the chicken all over in a non-stick frying pan. Set aside, but reserve the juices in the pan.

  2. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

  3. Heat the butter, onion and raisins in an ovenproof saucepan big enough to hold the chicken, and cook until softened. Add the plums, juniper berries, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, and stir through. Drizzle in a little honey and pour in orange juice to taste.

  4. Pour in the chicken stock and red wine. Simmer gently for a few minutes, then add a few sprigs of rosemary. Season liberally with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

  5. Add the chicken to the pan, place in the preheated oven and cook for about 1½ hours, basting several times. The plums will stew down and create a sauce to go with the chicken. The chicken will be cooked when the juices from the thigh run clear when pierced with a skewer.

  6. Meanwhile, for the creamy leek dish, heat the reserved juices in the chicken pan and add the butter. Fry the onion and chopped leek, then add the thyme. Pour the single cream over the leeks and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat through for a couple of minutes. Serve with the spicy plum chicken.

Ingredients

  • 2kg/4½lb chicken, preferably free-range
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 115g/4oz raisins
  • 225g/8oz firm plums, halved, stones removed
  • 6 juniper berries, lightly crushed
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • pinch freshly grated nutmeg
  • runny honey
  • 1 orange, juice only
  • 300ml/11fl oz chicken stock
  • 300ml/11fl oz red wine
  • few sprigs fresh rosemary
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the creamy leeks

  • chicken juices from the pan
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 leek, chopped
  • sprig thyme
  • 55ml/2fl oz single cream
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

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