Sunday, June 3, 2012

Week 21: French - Poulet en Cocotte Bonne Femme

(Casserole-roasted Chicken with Bacon, Onion, and Potatoes)

Apologies for the lateness of this entry. My friend took me to Vegas for one last hurrah before our new baby comes. It took me a few days after that to recover. Vegas is hard on an old man.

This recipe come courtesy of Julia Child's Art of French Cooking (of course).

I am always a bit surprised by how comparatively easy she makes it to make really good food.

Cooking bacon in butter.


All trussed up with no place to go.

Browned on all sides in the butter and bacon fat.

Covering the potatoes in butter.

The potatoes are moved to the sides and then the rest are added in. Of course it wouldn't be French without a bouquet garni


The wing fell off before I could take a picture. That's how tender it was.
     
We had to do French week and Tart week together, so we made a French tart, but that is another post.

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