The clay pot

I did feel it was time to dust of the old clay pot again. Was a while since I used it last.

When cooking in a clay pot you hardly need to add any butter, and the food comes out just deliciously moist, and the stock you get is just perfect for a sauce, rich in flavor and rather concentrated.

Since it is ideal for preparing whole chicken, that’s what’s on today’s menu 🙂 The flavoring will be garlic, lime and sage.

Chicken with lime
serves 4

• 1 whole chicken (around 1.5 kilo)
• fresh sage, about 1 deciliter roughly chopped.
• two garlic cloves
• 1 lime
• 1 union
• butter
• (sea)salt and ground black pepper
• and of course, a clay pot 😀

The how to:

1. Soak the clay pot in cold water according to instructions for your clay pot, normally about 15 minutes unless it is the first use. While waiting for it to get soaked, prepare the rest of the ingredients.
2. Cut the union in rather thin slices, enough to cover the bottom of the pot. Chop the sage and the garlic cloves and blend them together. Slice up the lime.
3. Rub the chicken with salt and black pepper, don’t forget the inside.
4. Put a couple lime slices inside the chicken together with some of the sage and garlic blend. Take the rest of the sage and garlic blend and sprinkle it over the chicken. Put the rest of the lime slices on and around the chicken.
   

   Chicken in the pot

5. Put the lid on the clay pot and place in a cold oven. Turn it on and set it for 200 degrees Celsius. Cook for about one and a half hour.
6. Check if the chicken is ready by making a cut and see if the is fluid that comes up is clear. If it is all done remove the lid and let it get a bit color on the top for a few minutes.

Serve with rice or couscous and sauce made from the stock you got from the chicken.

1. Take some butter and melt, approx 50 grams, sprinkle over 2-3 tablespoons of flour.
2. Poor on (low fat)cream and stock plus water, all together it should be about 6 deciliters. Use as much cream as you feel is appropriate, I had about 1.5 deciliters.
3. Bring to a boil and let it boil a few minutes.
4. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed. All done 🙂

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