Showing posts with label sherry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sherry. Show all posts
Chicken In Sherry Sauce Recipe
Monday, August 10, 2009
This delicious recipe is an excellent excuse to buy a bottle of Spanish sherry, jerez.
Basic ingredients
* 1 chicken jointed
* 4tbsp olive oil
* 100g ham (slices)
* 1 onion
* 150g mushrooms
* 150ml sherry
* 1 bay leaf
* salt and pepper
Steps:
1. Heat the olive oil in a casserole dish and add the chicken pieces and cook until they are browned
2. Chop the onion and ham and slice the mushrooms >
3. Add the onion, ham and mushrooms to the casserole dish and sauté for 5 - 10 mins
4. Pour in the sherry add the bay leaf and season with salt and pepper
5. Cover and simmer until the chicken is tender (approx 20 mins)
Tips and ideas:
* It is important to use a really strong casserole dish - the Spanish terracotta ones are the best for this recipe
* You can use dry to medium sweet sherry in this recipe
* Serve with long-grain rice or baked potatoes and a mixed salad.
The Wine bodegas of Jerez de la Frontera
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
( Picture was taken at the wine Bodegas of Gonzalez Byass)
Jerez de la Frontera, situated in the Southern part of Andalucia, some 77 kms south of Seville and only some 22 kms North East of Cadiz, is one of my most favorite places to visit .
Staying in Jerez really gives you a feeling of what old Andalucia is about. Jerez has a laid back atmosphere, is picturesque and steeped in history. mass tourism is no where to be seen and of course its famous heritage as one of the worlds major wine producing capitals and more importantly, Sherry. It also has some of the best tapas bars in the whole region.
One of my passions here are the visits to the Wineries ( Bodegas). Most of them offer supervised and well explained trips around their installations. The wineries of Gonzalez Byass, Sandeman, Domecq, Emilio Lastau, Harveys and Williams Hubert are probably the pick of the bunch. The visits are well planed and reasonably priced and include tastings, videos, shops, museums .
If you plan to visit Jerez then take my advice and visit as many of the Bodegas as you can.
Gary
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