Kotopoulo Me Sika (chicken With Figs In Red Wine)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 5/8 kg chicken, skinned, excess fat removed and cut into pieces, giblets reserved (3 1/2 lb)
• 1 teaspoon coriander seed, freshly ground
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground
• salt
• 175 g onions, thinly sliced (6 oz)
• 6 -10 cloves garlic, whole (to taste)
• 2 bay leaves
• 10 fresh figs
• 250 ml mavrothaphne (8 fl oz) or 250 ml ruby port (8 fl oz)
• lemon, juice and zest of, finely grated
• 15 g flat leaf parsley, finely grated

Recipe

• 1 arrange the chicken pieces and giblets in a heavy roasting dish.
• 2 sprinkle with the spices and salt and massage into the flesh.
• 3 distribute the onions, garlic, bay leaves and figs over and between the chicken pieces, pour in the wine and cover.
• 4 cook in an oven preheated to 180 c/350 f/gas 4 for about 50 minutes, until the chicken is barely tender.
• 5 stir in the lemon zest and juice and return to the oven until almost falling from the bones - another 10-i5 minutes.
• 6 if there is an excess of liquid, leave off the cover for this part of the cooking.
• 7 sprinkle with parsley and serve with saffron