Poule au pot with stuffing balls & garlic cream

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg chicken 
• 300 ml wine 
• 1  onion whole peeled
• 3  cloves 
• 1  bouquet garnic (tied bundle of herbs)
• 2  garlic clove 
• 12 small potatoes 
• 4  carrots cut into 5cm lengths
• 2  turnip cut into wedges
• 3  leek cut into 5cm lengths
• 6 servings parsley roughly chopped
• 200 g ground pork lean minced
• 100 g bacon cut into dice
• 100 g chicken livers finely chopped
• 2 tbsp olive oil 
• 2  shallots diced
• 2  garlic clove crushed
• 1  eggs beaten
• 1 handful parsley chopped
• 100 g breadcrumbs fresh white
• 3  garlic clove whole
• 200 ml crème fraîche 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• ladle
• oven
• pot
• baking pan
• casserole dish

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas
2. Put the chicken in a flameproof casserole dish and pour over 600ml water and the wine. Stud the onion with the cloves.
3. Add to the pan with the bouquet garni, garlic and seasoning, then bring to the boil. Cover and put in the oven for 1 hrs.
4. To make the garlic cream, simmer the unpeeled garlic cloves in a small pan of water for 30 mins until soft. When cool enough to handle, squeeze out into a bowl and mash with salt and pepper. Stir in the crme frache and tip into a bowl, then keep in the fridge until needed.
5. For the stuffing, mix the meats in a bowl.
6. Heat the oil in a small pan and gently fry the shallots and garlic until softened but not browned.
7. Add to the bowl with the egg, parsley, breadcrumbs, seasoning, then mix well. Shape into 18 balls and put in a shallow baking tray.
8. Remove chicken after 1 hrs and put it on the hob on medium heat.
9. Place the stuffing in the oven for 25-30 mins until browned and crisp.
10. Add the vegetables to the chicken pot. Cook for 25-30 mins, then lift out the chicken to a plate and keep the veg warm in the stock.
11. Remove chickens skin, and break the flesh into chunks. Put on a warm platter with the stuffing and the veg.
12. Add a ladle of cooking stock and the parsley.
13. Serve the rest of the cooking juices in a jug.