Chicken with lemon

This is a delicious, rich, chicken dish worthy of a dinner table.  The lemon and the cream go perfectly together.  The thighs give the most succulent results but is can be made with other chicken parts.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Cooking Time: 50 Mins

Total Time: 2 Hrs

Ingredients

For 2 servings…

2                    Chicken thighs         

30 gms            Butter       

60 ml              Cream  - double       

1 tsp               Thyme      

For the marinade

1                    Lemon  - juice of      

                     Pepper      

                     Salt          

1 pinch            Cayenne    

Method

To marinade the chicken…

Mix together the lemon juice add salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.

Marinate the chicken portions in this for at least I hour, then drain them, retaining the marinade.

To cook the chicken…

Wipe the thighs, then brown them in the butter in a flameproof casserole.  Reduce the heat, sprinkle the chicken with thyme, cover and leave to cook gently on top of the stove for 30 minutes.  Drain the chicken portions and keep them hot.

Add the reserve marinade to the casserole along with the cream.  Stir well and heat, stirring constantly as the sauce thickens.  Adjust the seasoning.

Coat the chicken portions with this sauce and serve.

Wine recommendations

          A red or a white wine.

  Conventional

           Chinon rouge or blanc

           Riesling

  Interesting

           Beaujolais Villages

           Côte Chalonnaise rouge or blanc

           Gaillac

           Lirac