Coq au Vin, a French specialty

Ingredients

• A 2.5-kg (5 lb) rooster cut into pieces
• 1 or 2 bottles of Red Burgundy wine
• 1 generous slice of half-salt bacon cut into lardons
• 10 small onions
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 100g (3.5 oz) butter (40g for the mushrooms, 60g for the sauce)
• 500g (1.1 lb) white button mushrooms
• 1 bouquet garni (thyme, bayleaf, parsley)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Salt, pepper, oil