Take a look at this hen and herb casserole recipe, and see what you assume.
Elements
Serves 4
1 pinch every salt and black pepper
250 g dry cured bacon, snipped into small items
2 giant onions, chopped
8 skinless hen thighs, bone in
2 tbsp sunflower oil
30 g plain (all-purpose) flour
150 ml scorching hen inventory
150 ml dry white wine
2 giant sprigs of thyme
1 small bunch of sage, 6 leaves eliminated for garnish
2 bay leaves
200 g small chestnut mushrooms, quartered
100 g full-fat crème fraîche
1 knob of butter
1 small bunch of parsley, chopped
Technique
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan/315°F/gasoline mark 3.
2. Place the bacon in a big non-stick ovenproof frying pan or flameproof casserole and fry over a medium warmth for a couple of minutes to render out the fats. Add the onions and proceed to fry till the bacon is brown on the edges. Switch the bacon and onions to a plate utilizing a slotted spoon and put aside.
3. Flippantly season the hen. Place the oil within the unwashed dish, add the hen and brown over a excessive warmth, turning as soon as. Switch to the plate with the bacon and onions.
4. Scatter the flour into the dish (including somewhat extra oil, if wanted) and stir to mix. Steadily incorporate the new inventory, whisking, and permit to thicken.
5. Pour within the wine and return the bacon, onions and hen to the pan. Stir nicely, add the thyme sprigs, sage sprigs and bay leaves. The sauce shall be fairly thick at this stage.
6. Carry to the boil, season nicely with salt and black pepper and canopy. Switch to the oven for half-hour.
7. Take away the dish from the oven and add the mushrooms and crème fraîche. Stir nicely and return to the oven for an additional 15–20 minutes, till the hen is tender.
8. In the meantime, warmth the butter in a small pan over a medium warmth. Add the entire sage leaves and fry till crisp.
9. Take away the bay leaves, thyme and sage sprigs from the casserole and discard (some leaves can have fallen off to flavour the casserole). Stir within the parsley and serve with the crisp sage leaves on prime.
i) Might be made as much as a day forward. Add the crème fraîche and mushrooms when reheating.
ii) Freezes nicely.
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and also you serve it in slices.
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