Chicken With Morel Cream Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 ounce dried morel
• 3 lbs chicken, cut up
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• salt & pepper
• 10 ounces dry sherry
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 6 ounces fresh mushrooms (preferably morels)
• fresh parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 rinse dry morels & place in small bowl.
• 2 pour 1/2 cup boiling water over top& soak for 1/2 hour.
• 3 cut the chicken into 8 pieces (2 legs, 2 thighs, 4 half brests); reserve wings & backs for making stock or soup.
• 4 melt butter in heavy frying pan over medium heat.
• 5 add chicken pieces & cook until golden on each side (about 5- 8 minutes).
• 6 remove to plate, season to taste & keep warm.
• 7 discard fat in pan, then add sherry & scrape the bottom of the pan to deglaze.
• 8 boil until the sherry is reduced by half.
• 9 drain the liquid from the soaking mushrooms through a fine sieve (to remove any grit) into the frying pan.
• 10 add the cream & bring to a boil; simmer for 3 minutes.
• 11 cut the soaked morels into halves or quarters (depending on their size) and add to pan.
• 12 return chicken to pan & cook for another 10 minutes, uncovered.
• 13 clean the fresh mushrooms, add to the pan, cover & cook for another 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
• 14 garnish with parsley.