Thechicken with wine and morels is a classic option that combines the best of comforting cuisine with a touch of elegance. This recipe, perfect for holidays and celebrations, highlights the flavor of the chicken in a rich wine and morel sauce that will delight all your guests. Served with a side of fresh pasta, this dish becomes the centerpiece of a festive table, full of unmatched flavors and irresistible aromas.
This chicken with wine recipe is one of those timeless recipes that brings together the comfort of home cooking with the elegance of celebratory dishes. Wine, an essential ingredient in this recipe, adds a unique complexity to the palate, infusing the chicken with depth of flavor and unmatched tenderness. Morels, mushrooms with an earthy aroma and intense taste, elevate this preparation to a higher level, adding characteristic texture and flavor to the sauce.
For those seeking alternatives, morels can be substituted with other robust-flavored mushrooms such as shiitakes or porcini mushrooms, thus preserving the character of the recipe. The choice of a copper casserole like the Prima Matera sauteuse by De Buyer is no coincidence. This choice ensures even heat distribution, allowing each ingredient to absorb the flavor of the wine and morels optimally, guaranteeing perfect cooking of the chicken and an exquisite sauce.
When cooking this dish in a copper casserole, we experience a perfect blend of tradition and quality, ensuring an exceptional preparation where every element plays its part to create a culinary result of excellence. This recipe is more than a simple preparation; it is an invitation to taste and share special moments with a dish that awakens the senses and makes every meal a celebration.
Ingredients
- 4 free-range chicken thighs
- 2 or 3 shallots
- 250 ml of young white wine*
- 120 g of dried morels
- 60 cl of cream
- 40 g of butter
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
Preparation
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Soak the dried morels for about 30 minutes. To hydrate the dried morels, you can immerse them in a container with warm water for about 30 minutes. The water should not be hot, but at room temperature or slightly warm. It is essential that the morels rehydrate completely and soften before using them in the recipe. Once hydrated, pass them through a strainer and rinse with water to remove any impurities and set them aside to use in the preparation.
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Peel and finely chop the shallots. Set aside.
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Brown the chicken thighs in the Prima Matera casserole by De Buyer with a little butter and a splash of olive oil. Then remove them and set aside.
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Strain the morels from their liquid. Set aside.
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Meanwhile, brown the shallots in butter in the pan. Add the morels cut in half and sauté them for a few minutes. Add the morel liquid and deglaze with yellow wine. Let reduce. Incorporate the cream and then the chicken thighs. Cook over low heat for 40 minutes. Serve hot accompanied by fresh pasta.
Notes
- Deglazing is a culinary term that refers to adding a liquid, such as wine, stock, or water, to a pan or pot after cooking meat or vegetables. This helps release the flavors that remain stuck to the bottom of the pan after browning the foods. By adding the liquid and scraping the browned bits from the bottom, you add flavor and depth to the dish.
- For this recipe it is typical to use "vin jaune", a type of dry yellow wine unique to the Jura region in France. It is made mostly from Savagnin grapes and is aged in oak barrels, where it acquires its distinctive flavor and aroma. It is known for its golden color and characteristic nutty taste. You can substitute it with another white wine, ideally dry.
- For those seeking alternatives, morels can be substituted with other robust-flavored mushrooms such as shiitakes or porcini mushrooms, thus preserving the character of the recipe.
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