South African Wine Information Centre
From nature's perfect amphitheatre
 

WineNews | latest south african wine related news


« go back to WineNews


 


Coq Au Vin: Slow cooking at it's best ...
26 June 2012  by Kanu
A delicious French dish, perfect for Stellenbosch weather. Autumn is a time when everything slows down, and so should your way of cooking. Think cast iron pots, slow bubbling sauces and caramelised onions in butter.
Find something that takes time, but also relaxes you. Any good quality stew, should slowly tick away in the oven for at least 4 to 5 hours, at 100° - 120° C, extracting all the flavour from your meat or chicken.

For a good quality Coq au Vin, try the following recipe…
1.5kg Chicken pieces
100ml Seasoned flour
50ml Sunflower oil
25ml Butter
15 Baby Onions
2 Garlic cloves – chopped
200g Bacon or smoked pork rashers – sliced quite chunky
400g Button mushrooms
500ml Kanu Merlot
250ml Chicken stock
10 Sprigs of Thyme

Dust your chicken with the seasoned flour and pan fry in the hot oil, until it is golden brown. Set aside to drain the oil.

In a deep casserole, fry the baby onions in the butter. Once it starts to caramelise, add the garlic and bacon. Once all this is done, add the rest of the ingredients, cover the pot and place it into pre-heated oven of 100°C. Slow cook it for approximately four hours and see how the chicken falls off the bone.

Season to taste and serve with fluffy Cous Cous, a glass of voluptuous Kanu Merlot and a crackling fire…

(For additional flavour; sprinkle with a big pinch of fresh tarragon, just before serving!)

For more news from Kanu please click here to view the June 2012 newsletter.
 
This article has been read 811 times.



  USE THE FORM BELOW TO ADD A COMMENT
Please fill in ALL the fields below - your name, a short heading and then let us have your views in the comment box.
name
email
heading
comment
 
Due to the evil of spam we must unfortunately ask you to enter
the variety on the left into the box below.
 
  cookies MUST be enabled in your browser
news flashesadd a newsflash   latest videosadd a video
»Solms-Delta will Showcase @ The Good Food & Wine Show Cape Town
»Rhebokskloof Winemakers Winter Wine Club Promotion - Promotion ends 30 June 2013
»Decanter World Wine Awards 2013
 
»Klein Constantia - Vin De Constance
»Waterford Wine Estate Stellenbosch
»A video about the place that inspired Arniston Bay wines
todays news
latest photo albums add a photo album

The article above is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License
You may copy, re-use or re-print any of this information as long as wine.co.za is quoted as source.
Any statements made or opinions expressed are the legal responsibility of the AUTHOR,
and do not necessarily reflect the views of WineNet (PTY) Ltd. or its sponsors.
20686