Chapter XVI · Poultry (Volaille) · No. 1632
Built upon: No. 273Blanchings
1632—Poulet de Grains Bonne Femme
Fry in butter four oz. of breast of fresh or salted pork, cut into slices and No. 273, Blanchings. Drain; colour the chicken in the same fat, and put it in an oval cocotte with the slices of bacon.
With the same fat, fry in a frying-pan two-thirds lb. of potatoes cut to the shape of corks and divided into roundels; put these round the chicken, and set to cook in the oven, under cover.
When about to serve, sprinkle the fowl with a few tablespoonfuls of veal gravy.
Serve the preparation in the cocotte.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1632, p. 518. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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