Chicken Marengo (Pollo Alla Marengo)

(from JenniferGM’s recipe box)

This is one of the cookbooks Grandma covered in wallpaper and marked inside the cover her favorite recipe. The page is quite stained, if that is any evidence of a well-loved recipe.

Source: Florence Gregory, taken from The Italian Cookbook by Maria Luisa Taglienti

Prep time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves 4 people

Categories: Main Meal, Poultry

Ingredients

  • 1 frying chicken, 4 pounds, cut into serving pieces
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 5 Tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 Tablespoon flour
  • 2/3 cup dry white wine
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 1/3 cup parsley
  • 1 lemon
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

  1. Wash and dry chicken well: Place oil and butter in pot.

  2. Add chicken, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Simmer covered for 25 minutes.

  3. Remove chicken and add flour, lemon juice and wine to pot, blending carefully.

  4. Return chicken to pot and cook slowly for ten minutes, stirring constantly.

  5. Place chicken on serving platter. Sprinkle with the juice of one lemon and garnish with parsley. Serve gravy separately.

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