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Frenchish chicken and red wine casserole

Silvana Franco
Loosely based on coq au vin, Silvana Franco tops this dish with thinly sliced French bread

Frenchish chicken and red wine casserole

Method

1. Place the tomatoes, wine, stock, garlic, rosemary and sugar in a flameproof casserole dish and bring to the boil.

2. Meanwhile, pull the skin off the chicken. Add the chicken pieces to the pan. Partially cover and simmer for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6. Add the olives and orange rind and juice to the casserole dish, along with some salt and pepper. Arrange the bread on top of the casserole, then place the dish on a baking sheet.

4. Pop into the oven for 20 minutes until the bread is toasted and golden. The juices will bubble up and dribble down the side and over the bread in places, but don't worry, this is a rustic dish. Serve warm.

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Serves: 4

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 1 hr 40 min

Ingredients
400g tinned chopped tomatoes
300ml Red wine
600ml chicken stock
8 cloves Garlic
4 sprigs Rosemary
1 tsp light muscovado sugar
4 Chicken thighs
4 chicken drumsticks
75g black olives, unpitted
1 orange, grated rind and juice
1 pinch fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper