Dinnerchallenging95 minServes 4est. £2.43/servingSpanish

Pollo en Pepitoria

Name: Pollo en Pepitoria
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 4tbsp olive oil; 6 garlic; 35g blanched almonds; 30g stale bread; 2tbsp fresh parsley; 8 chicken thighs; 110g onion; 80g carrot; 40g celery; 250ml dry sherry; 350ml chicken stock; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 bay leaves; 2 egg; 2tbsp flaked almonds

A medieval Spanish braised chicken dish where the sauce is thickened with a picada — a paste of fried bread, almonds, garlic, and hard-boiled egg yolks. The sherry-and-saffron braise is complex and warming. More involved than most, but nothing technically difficult. A proper centrepiece dish.

4 servings

£2.43 / serving - est.

Costs are estimated average UK prices and may vary.

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saffron

to taste

£5.00est.

olive oil

4 tbsp

55pest.

garlic

50pest.

blanched almonds

35 g

£1.20est.

stale bread

30 g

12pest.

fresh parsley

2 tbsp

£1.00est.

chicken thighs

80pest.

onion

110 g

10pest.

carrot

80 g

8pest.

celery

40 g

12pest.

dry sherry

250 ml

20pest.

chicken stock

350 ml

20pest.

cinnamon stick

10pest.

ground cloves

to taste

£2.00est.

bay leaves

5pest.

egg

20pest.

flaked almonds

2 tbsp

£1.20est.