Chicken with Morel Mushrooms

Ingredients :

• 300 g fresh morel mushrooms

• 1.75 kg chicken, cut into 8-10 pieces

• 75g butter

• 300 ml dry sherry

• 200ml double cream

• lemon juice for marination

• chopped coriander

Preparation :

• Marinade the chicken in lemon juice for half an hour prior to cooking.

• In a sauce pan, sauté the chicken pieces over medium heat in small quantities, in butter, until brown.

• Once all chicken pieces are browned, remove on to a plate and keep aside. Add the remaining butter to the pan. Saute the mushrooms in the pan for about 5 minutes.

• Add the sherry and bring to a boil.

• Add the chicken in the pan and cook for about 45 minutes on low heat.

• Remove the chicken pieces from the pan, and cover with aluminium foil to keep warm. Alternatively, you can also place them in an oven on low.

• To make the sauce, remove the fat layer from the cooking liquid left in the pan used to cook the chicken.

• Continue to reduce the sauce on the heat, until it reduces to a quarter. Add cream and bring to a boil.

• Add lemon juice and salt, to taste.

• Put chicken back in the pan and cook for a couple of minutes.

• Garnish with coriander and serve.

Serves 6