Provencal Garlic Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 roasting chicken
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 40 -50 garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 4 -5 carrots, cut into thick julienne
• 2 -3 red onions, cut into chunks
• 5 -6 new potatoes, cut in half
• 1 leek, cut into sections
• 2 -3 celery ribs
• 10 green beans (optional or a bunch of swiss chard)
• 1 pint of good dry wine
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 bunch fresh sage
• rosemary
• thyme
• parsley
• 10 juniper berries (optional)
• 2 tablespoons plain flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 350 degrees f. in your dutch oven or cast iron pot (with lid), lay the vegetables, the garlic. place your bird on top and pour the wine over the chicken, then the oil.
• 2 seal the lid with a mixture of flour and water, and bake for 90 minutes. when done, remove from oven and allow your pot/ducth oven to sit still for a good fifteen minutes! don't peak, it's all good. serve with country crusty bread and a good, young shiraz.