Summer chicken salad with poached cherries recipe

Ingredients

• 1 medium sized good quality chicken
• 1 small bunch of thyme
• 1 handful of pea shoots
• 2 large carrots washed and trimmed
• 1 red onion, peeled and cut into quarters
• 4 celery stalks or half a head cut into quarters through the stem
• 2 bay leaves
• 10 whole black peppercorns
• 1 1/2 - 2 litres water
• 1 cup red wine Valpollicella or Pinot noir
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp whole black peppercorns
• 375 g cherries washed and patted dry in kitchen towel and de-stemmed
• 1 bunch of fresh radishes stems removed and washed thoroughly in cold water
• 350 g courgettes, rinsed
• 300 g peas, preferably freshly podded but can use frozen
• 1 head of dandelion or Pissenlit (the long slender yellow one) – leaves washed and dried
• 1 cup mint leaves
• 1 whole red fresh chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped (optional)
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 splash extra virgin olive oil
• 1 pinch salt and pepper