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Coq au vin

N-sama bought me one of those fancy French Le Creuset casserole dishes, so I celebrated by making the standard French casserole, coq au vin. Usually this would be made with a rather ancient old hen, I guess the phrase “no spring chicken” is appropriate. Britain is not a country where one can buy older animals, so instead I’m using some organic chicken from the supermarket. At least it was (possibly) happy.

Update:
I made this apple pudding again for dessert with fresh custard:

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3 Responses to “Coq au vin”

  1. watari Says:
    September 24th, 2006 at 9:26 am

    I missed those meals,coz Mitomi cooked dinner for me at the same evening…
    sanma with daikon oroshi,natto salad,butajiru…..

    I may ask Rich,if I can have the chicken and pudding.

    The pan was bloody heavy to carry,however.

  2. norie Says:
    September 25th, 2006 at 11:15 pm

    It was delicious!!!
    The pudding was lovely too!!!!
    We LOVE your cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Naokosan is lucky……. She can have restaurant meal everyday…..

  3. rich Says:
    September 25th, 2006 at 11:36 pm

    Noriećø:
    Coq au vin is one of those ideal comfort foods, like Japanese curry. You never feel bad while eating it and it’s uncomplicated to make.