Pot au poulet - Meat

Ingredients

• 1 corn-fed chicken
• 2 leeks, young pale part only, cut into large rounds
• 2-3 carrots, peeled and cut into large pieces
• 3 turnips, peeled and quartered (or whole baby turnips)
• bouquet garni of 2 thyme sprigs,
• 10 parsley stalks,
• 1 fresh bay leaf
• 1 tbsp dried mushrooms soaked in ¼ cup warm water
• 3 garlic cloves, cut in half
• 4-6 waxy potatoes such as nicola or kipfler
• inside young leaves and stems of a celery
• 1 cup white wine
• 2 litres water or chicken stock
• sea salt
• 1 tsp peppercorns