Sandalene’s Quick Chicken Pot
“This is my wife’s favourite fall-back
winter meal. Our son loves it and it’s really Easy to make.”
Sandalene’s
quick chicken pot
Serves
2 to 4, Easy
Great Value
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
35 minutes
Ingredients
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Small onion 1, peeled and chopped
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Shallots 2, peeled and chopped
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Celery 4 sticks, cut into 4 cm pieces
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Fresh thyme 6 sprigs
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Sage leaves 6
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Garlic 4 cloves, crushed
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Ginger 1 x 3 cm piece, peeled and chopped
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Butter 1 t
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Olive oil 1 t
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Free-range chicken 1
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Carrots 200 g. Peeled and halved
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Butternut ½, peeled and diced
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Water 4 cups
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Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Flat-leaf parsley, to garnish
Directions
1.
In a pressure cooker, sauté the onion, shallots
and celery with the herbs, garlic and ginger in the butter and oil.
2.
Add the chicken and brown lightly. Add the
carrots, butternut, water and seasoning.
3.
Cook at high pressure for 35 minutes.
Drinks
Wine: Jordan Chardonnav 2011
Autumn fruit with hot vanilla rice pudding
Serves 41 Easy
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
40 minutes
Ingredients
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Brandy 1½ cups
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Port 1½ cups
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Verjuice 3 cups
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Star anise 2
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Cloves 5
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Cinnamon ½ stick
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Pears 2, peeled
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Apples 2, peeled
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Quince 1, peeled and halved
For the rice pudding:
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Rice 1 cup
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Water 2 cups
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Milk 1 cup
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Cream 1 cup
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Vanilla pod 1
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Ground cinnamon ½ t
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Juniper berry 1
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Sugar ½ cup
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Free-range egg yolks 3
Directions
1.
In a saucepan, boil the brandy, Port, verjuice
and spices for 15 minutes. Transfer the liquid and the remaining ingredients to
a pressure cooker and cook at a high pressure for 4 minutes. Remove the lid and
return to the saucepan. Boil until a light syrup forms. Serve the rice pudding
topped with the fruit and syrup.
2.
To make the rice pudding, cook the rice and
water in a pressure cooker over a medium heat for 7 minutes. Remove the lid,
add all the other ingredients, except the egg yolks, and simmer slowly until
thick and soft. Remove from the heat and slowly whisk in the egg yolks.
Drinks
Wine: Nederburg Winemaster’s Reserve
Special Late Harvest 2011