Creamy chicken & pumpkin
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Ready in 1hr 20-30 mins-2 hrs
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 20g pack dried porcini
- 1 free-range chickenabout 1.5kg/3lb 5oz, jointed into 8 pieces (ask your butcher to do this for you)
- 1 lemonhalved
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 25g unsalted butter
- 1 small onionfinely chopped
- 300g/10oz pumpkinpeeled, seeded and cut into 2cm cubes
- 200g chestnut mushroomsroughly chopped
- 284ml carton double cream
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal666
- fat49g
- saturates27g
- carbs8g
- sugars0g
- fibre2g
- protein48g
- salt1.72g
Method
step 1
Soak porcini in 300ml/1⁄2 pt hot water for 30 mins. Skin chicken and rub the cut side of the lemon over them. Heat oil in a pan large enough to hold chicken in one layer. Add chicken and brown on both sides. Transfer to a casserole.
step 2
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Melt the butter in a medium pan. When it stops foaming, add onion and 1 tsp salt, then sauté until pale gold.
step 3
Meanwhile, remove the porcini from the water and rinse well. Pat dry and chop small. Strain the water through a sieve, stopping before the last spoonful.
step 4
Add porcini and pumpkin pieces to onion and sauté for 5 mins. Add fresh mushrooms and cook for 5 mins more, stirring frequently. Stir in the cream, 4-5 tbsp of the porcini water and seasoning if you wish. Simmer uncovered for 10-12 mins until reduced slightly, then pour over the chicken.
step 5
Cover and cook in the oven for 30-40 mins, turning the chicken once or twice and adding a few spoonfuls of water if the sauce becomes a little dry.
