BBC Food - Recipes - Coq au vin

Ingredients

• 1.5kg/3¼lb chicken , jointed
• 150g/5oz diced bacon or lardons
• 10 French shallots , peeled
• a few thyme sprigs
• 1 rosemary sprig
• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 250ml/9fl oz white wine
• small knob of butter
• 350g/13oz mixed mushrooms (such as oyster and chestnut), sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• small handful chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
• 800g/1¾Ib potatoes , peeled and chopped
• 150ml/5fl oz milk
• 25g/1oz butter
• 110g/4¼oz crème fraîche (or 110ml/4¼fl oz single cream)
• sea salt , to taste