Pollo alla Cacciatora from The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine by Cesare Casella and Stephanie Lyness

Pollo alla Cacciatora from The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine by Cesare Casella and Stephanie Lyness

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The chicken for this hearty rustic stew—called “hunter’s style”—is braised (see “Le Tecniche: Brasare il Pollo”) in a mixture of puréed tomatoes, mushrooms, gar

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Ingredients

  • 1 chicken, about 1⅔ kilos (3½ pounds), quartered
  • Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 250 milliliters (1 cup) dry white wine
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 1 lemon, cut in half
  • 450 grams (1 pound) porcini, shiitake, oyster, cremini and/or white mushrooms, stemmed and sliced 6 millimeters to 1¼ centimeters (¼ to ½ inch) thick (5½ to 6 cups)
  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for serving
  • 250 milliliters (1 cup) water or chicken stock
  • 750 milliliters (3¼ cups) whole, canned Italian plum tomatoes, with their juices, puréed through a food mill
  • 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 125 milliliters (½ cup) olive oil, plus extra for serving

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