Coq au Riesling
The Alsation version of the
Ingredients
- 1 fresh poularde (or a normal fresh chicken)
- 250g little white mushrooms
- 1 beaker crème fraiche
- 1 beaker cream
- 1/2 bottle dry Elsässer Riesling
- a little clear stock of poultry
- (good convenience food will do)
- a little wheat flour
- a little butter
- 1 lemon
- spices (salt, pepper)
- 500 g flour
- 6 complete eggs
- 40 ml good olive oil
- spices (salt, a little white pepper)
- a little water
Preparation
- Brush and wash the poultry.
- Seperate the higher and the lower parts of the legs.
- Cut the higher parts into halves.
- Retrieve six pieces of of nearly equal size.
- Cut the breast into halves.
- Cut the halves then moreover each in 2-3 pieces.
- Spice them with salt and white pepper. (Powder it with a little flour)
- Let the pieces brace in hot butter (Don’t let them take any colour)
- Pour a little Riesling and then stock of poultry over it.
- Let it all simmer for approx. 20-25 minutes.
- Stir it occasionally.
- Five minutes before the poultry is done, add the brushed complete mushrooms.
- Mix and knead:
- 500 g flour
- 6 complete eggs
- 40 ml very good olive oil
- and a little salt
- a little water.
- Roll the pastry to very thin sheets.
- Keep them cool for 30 minutes.
- Place a bowl in the oven and keep it warm there
- Afterwards roll it to small, thin threads.
- Cut out strips of 1/2 cm.
- Place them on a kitchen towel and let them become dry.
- Cook them eventually in water with a little salt and a little olive oil.
- Let them become „al dente“.
- Take them out of the water.
- Put them as dry as possible into the warm bowl.
- Spice it with a little nutmeg and again a little olive oil.
- Check the meat.
- Take it out of the sauce while it is still pink inside. (Keep it warm.)
- Add a little cream and crème fraiche to the sauce.
- Let it simmer and check the taste.
- If necessary, add a little lemon juice.
- Possibly it takes a little starch to achieve the ideal consistence.
Serving suggestion
- Saute the pasta offer that as an add-on.
- Serve Riesling.
- August 1, 2011 Meat No comments
- Preparation time: 40
- Cooking time: 30
- Serves: 4
