Recipe - Pot Roasted Chicken With Sage And Glazed Root Vegetables

2 2One half pound corn fed chickens
5 Sprigs sage; up to 6
Salt and ground black pepper
1 Onion
3 pt White chicken stock
6 Carrots
4 md Parsnips
3 Sprigs summer savory; up to
4
10 Floz double cream
4 small Leeks
Chopped fresh parsley or
chives; to garnish

Remove breasts from either side of chicken breast bones using a thin bladed
filleting knife and following the shape of the rib cage. Cut across breasts
at wings to remove breasts from carcasses. Cut legs and thighs from
carcasses through ball and socket joints at thighs.

Make pockets in breasts behind fillets and insert a small sage leaf in
each. Season chicken pieces. Chop onion and heat with stock in a large pan
until boiling. Add chicken legs, reduce heat and simmer gently for 15
minutes. Peel and trim carrots and parsnips, chop into thick slices.

Add half the sage and summer savory, prepared carrots, parsnips and chicken
breasts to pan. Add a little more stock to cover if necessary. Cook for a
further 15 minutes. Remove chicken pieces and half the vegetables from the
pan with a slotted spoon. Puree the remainder in a liquidizer or food
processor until cold.

Rinse pan and return sauce to it through a sieve. Chop the remaining sage
and summer savory. Stir in cream and chopped herbs. Season to taste. The
texture should be silky and the flavour robust. Trim the leeks into 2 inch
pieces. Place the chicken with reserved vegetables and prepared leeks in a
roasting tin and pour half the sauce over and around.

Roast, uncovered, in pre heated oven for 15 minutes or so, until chicken is
cooked and vegetables have a nice golden glaze. Heat remaining sauce. Serve
chicken and vegetables with remaining sauce poured round. Garnish with a
sprinkling of chopped parsley or chives.

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