So, Making my way through Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” cookbook… kinda like the movie “Julie & Julia. Today I make Coq Au Vin – is Chicken cooked in wine with mushrooms, onions and bacon.
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Julia Child’s Ratatouille Recipe:
1/2 cup lardons (or very thickly sliced bacon), cut into 1/4- by 1 1/2-inch (6- by 36-mm) strips (optional)
2 or more tablespoons olive oil
3 1/2 to 4 1/2 pounds chicken, cut into parts (or all one kind of part), thoroughly dried
1/4 cup Cognac or Brandy
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon thyme
20 pearl onions, peeled
2 cups red wine, preferably Burgundy, Côtes du Rhône, or pinot noir
About 2 cups homemade chicken stock, or beef stock, bouillon, preferably brown chicken stock (see headnote above)
1 or 2 garlic cloves, mashed or minced
About 1 tablespoon store-bought or homemade tomato paste
3/4 pound fresh mushrooms, trimmed, rinsed, and quartered
1 tablespoons all-purpose flour & 1 tablesppon butter