Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Coq au Vin Mamie

Another discovery in my piles of papers tonight. A fax from 6 September 1996--almost 13 years ago to the day--from my aunt in Paris to my office in Singapore. I had asked her to ring my grandmother for her coq au vin recipe that I obviously needed quickly for one of our faux winter dinner parties. Apparently my grandmother had resisted sharing the recipe given the futility of locating a rooster in Singapore. Of course she was right, so we had to settle for a firm chicken. I've retyped it here, word for word.

1 coq de 1.5 kg
50 gr beurre
100 g lard de poitrine fume
1/2 litre bon vin rouge
2 cuilleres a soupe de cognac
2 oignons
2 gousses ail
2 cuilleres a souple de farine
bouquet garnie
sel et poivre

  1. faire revenir les morceaux de coq
  2. ajouter les oignons en rondelles
  3. saupoudrer de farine, melanger
  4. arroser de cognac et faire flamber
  5. couvrir de vin rouge
  6. ajouter sel et poivre, ail, bouquet garni
  7. porter a ebullition
  8. couper le lard en des, mettre les des dans une casserole d'eau froide et faire bouillir 5 minutes pour enlever l'exces, bien egoutter et ajouter dans la cocotte
  9. laisser cuire 1 heure ou meme 1 heure et demi selon l'age du coq

2 comments:

  1. Amazingly I still remember tasting this in my flat in Singapore like it was yesterday. Thanks for the memories.

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  2. that's great, love it!!! we have to do it again..it's been a long time I've made any coq au vin, my grandmother's recipe or otherwise.

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