Roasted Cockerel with olives

For this week I offer you a recipe that is synonymous for me to a Sunday dinner with the family. Let’s go to the recipe with olives and roasted cockerel and see wine & food pairings possibilities.

Time : 30 minutes

ingredients:

• 4 cockerels cleaned
• 1 white onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 15 cl of olive oil
• bread
• 160 grams of black olives
• mustard
• herbs
• parsley
• thyme
• salt and pepper
• 10 ounces of water

preparation:

1. Cut the onion into slices
2. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C
3. Toast the slices of bread and then lightly rub them with the garlic clove
4. Lightly brush the cockerels with mustard and arrange them in a baking dish
5. In a saucepan pour the water, salt, pepper, herbs , parsley , oil and onions
6. Cook over medium heat for 8/10 minutes while stirring
7. Strain the broth to recover the onions and drizzle with the broth cockerels
8. Lightly sprinkle the chicken with herbs de Provence
9. Arrange the small pieces of toast in the dish
10. Add a drizzle of olive oil on each cockerel
11. Bake at 200 ° C for 45 minutes ( water regularly. If necessary add a little water)
12. Ten minutes before the end of cooking pull the oven rack, spread the olives and onions recovered from the broth in the dish and then re- bake
13. Check the cooking if necessary let 5 more minutes
14. Remove the dish from the oven
15. Server ! Bon appétit!

If you can’t find a cockerel replace it by a cockerel farmer chicken.

Side agreements Food & Wine matching tips : What to drink with a roasted cockerel with olives ?

• Gaillac – South West (Red)
• Pecharmant – South West (Red)
• Bandol – Provence (red)
• Côtes de Duras – South West (Red)
• Saint-Chinian Roquebrun – Languedoc Roussillon (Red)
• Saint-Emilion – Bordeaux (red)
• Côtes de Gascogne – South West (Red)
• Vin de Corse Calvi – Corse (red)
• Cotes Rotie – Rhône (Red)
• Pouilly-Fuissé – Burgundy (white)
• Beaune – Beaune (white)
• Châteauneuf-du-Pape – Burgundy (white)
• Chianti – Tuscany, Italy (Red)
• Pinot Noir from Oregon – USA, Oregon (red)
• Pinot Noir from Sonoma -USA, California  (red)
• Chardonnay from the Robertson Valley – South Africa (White)
• Chardonnay of the Outer Coastal Plain – USA, New Jersey (white)
• Chardonnay of Sonoma – USA, California (white)
• Chardonnay of San Luis Obispo – USA, California (white)
• …

Bon appetit and enjoy tasting !

Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche