Comments | london1967: Easter week-end recap

london1967

Easter week-end recap

Apr 05, 2010 23:23

Well it's the end of the 4-day Easter week-end for this year too.

I didn't leave Penge for the whole 4 days: I didn't leave home at all on Good Friday, and didn't go out of the estate today; but nevertheless, I had a great time!

Friday was tidying up day.
Saturday was cooking day as we had a few friends (Martin & Utku, and another Martin) round for ( Read more... )

easter, cooking

Comments 14

danthered April 5 2010, 22:44:22 UTC

Black chicken

Can haz recipe plz kthx

london1967 April 5 2010, 23:24:08 UTC

Sure! Here it is.

Black chicken (or rabbit)

Serves 4

1 chicken or rabbit, cut into portions
500 ml/187 floz dry white wine
1 medium onion, chopped
4 tbsp olive oil
25 g/1 oz bitter chocolate, grated
1 tbsp sugar
2 cloves
2 tsp fennel seeds
2 tbsp vinegar
salt
peperoncino [I used chilli flakes]
potato flour (optional)

Marinate the chicken [we used chicken mini-fillets] or rabbit for 2 hours in the wine, turning occasionally. Remove and dry well.

Fry the onion in the olive oil until soft but not coloured. Add the chicken or rabbit and cook until golden brown.

Stir in the chocolate, sugar, cloves, fennel seeds, vinegar, salt and peperoncino. Make sure the meat is well coated with sauce. Cover and cook over a moderate heat for 30/40 minutes.

If the gravy is too thin, take out the meat and make it denser with a pinch of potato flour [I didn't have to].

(From "Cucina Siciliana" by Clarissa Hyman who took it from "Boca" by Franca Colonna Romano)

danthered April 5 2010, 23:41:21 UTC

Thanks! Looks really delicious, like an interesting variant on Mexican molé.

london1967 April 7 2010, 09:41:50 UTC

Bon appetit!
Please let me know if you enjoyed it.

tilia_tomentosa April 6 2010, 00:32:07 UTC

And OF COURSE the flowers drew my attention. LOL

london1967 April 7 2010, 09:42:46 UTC

Hooray! it worked! :-)

tilia_tomentosa April 7 2010, 10:00:16 UTC

Evil plan? :)

london1967 April 7 2010, 11:45:52 UTC

Of course! LOL!

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london1967 April 7 2010, 09:43:15 UTC

Oh, you shouldn't wait until Easter! lol

allanh April 6 2010, 04:34:49 UTC

Might I bother you to post the recipe for the Sicilian black chicken, which sounds wonderful? Never mind, I see someone else has already beaten me to it. :) Thank you!

london1967 April 7 2010, 09:43:33 UTC

My pleasure!
Hope you'll enjoy it.

london1952 April 6 2010, 09:25:26 UTC

It was a LOVELY weekend, mainly because it was all spent with you ! X

london1967 April 7 2010, 09:44:04 UTC

Thank you Sweetie!
And likewise!!!
xx