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Ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken, cut into quarters
- 4 ounces butter
- 6 firm apples, mixed verieties
- salt
- pepper
- 3 tablespoons plain flour
- 2 cups still cider
- 1 bouquet garni
- 14 pint double cream
- parsley, chopped (to garnish)
Method
- Melt half of the butter in a flame proof casserole, add the chicken and brown all over.
- Remove from casserole and set aside.
- Peel, core and slice2 of the apples, sprinkle with salt and pepper and fry till they start to brown.
- Sprinkle in the flour and stir fry till light brown in colour.
- Add 11/4 cups of the cider and bring to the boil, stirring constantly to form a sauce.
- Replace the chicken and add the bouquet garnis, cover with grease proof paper and a tight fitting lid.
- Cook in oven 375 degrees for 1 hour.
- Peel and quarter the remaining apples, melt 1 oz of butter in a frying pan and fry the apples till golden.
- Set aside to keep warm.
- When chicken is cooked remove from the sauce and set it aside , keep it warm.
- Bring the sauce to a boil and add the remaining cider, stir and add the apples, cream, and butter, reduce the heat and simmer gently for a couploe of minutes.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve.
