Hunters Chicken Stew

• 1 x 2kg/4 1/2 lb chicken, cut into serving pieces, or use the equivalent amount of chicken pieces
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 8 bay leaves
• 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
• 3 cloves of garlic, peeled (1 crushed, 2 sliced)
• 1/2 a bottle of Chianti
• Flour, for dusting
• Extra virgin olive oil
• 6 anchovy fillets
• A handful of green or black olives, stoned
• 2 x 400g/14oz tins of good-quality plum tomatoes

1. Season the chicken pieces with salt and freshly ground black pepper and put them into a bowl.
2. Add the bay leaves, rosemary sprigs and the crushed clove of garlic and cover with the wine.
3. Leave to marinate for at least an hour, but preferably overnight in the fridge.
4. Preheat your oven to 180C/350F/gas Drain the chicken, reserving the marinade, and pat dry with kitchen towels.
5. Dust the chicken pieces with flour and shake off any excess.
6. Heat an ovenproof pan, add a splash of olive oil, fry the chicken pieces until browned lightly all over and put to one side.
7. Place the pan back on the heat and add the sliced garlic.
8. Fry gently until golden brown, then add the anchovies, olives, tomatoes (broken up with a wooden spoon) and the chicken pieces with their reserved marinade.
9. Bring to the boil, cover with a lid or a double thickness layer of foil and bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours.
10. Skim off any oil thats collected on top of the sauce, then stir, taste and add a little salt and pepper if necessary.
11. Remove the bay leaves and rosemary sprigs, and serve with a salad, or some cannellini beans, and plenty of Chianti.

chicken, salt, bay leaves, rosemary, garlic, chianti, flour, extra virgin olive oil, anchovy, handful of green, tomatoes

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/hunterrsquos-chicken-stew (may not work)