Cumberland chicken with pork, herb and ham stuffing
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Chicken thighs, boned | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter |
| ½ | cup | Onion, chopped |
| ½ | cup | Mushrooms, chopped |
| ½ | cup | Fresh spinach, chopped |
| 2 | tablespoons | Fresh parsley, chopped |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Each dried marjoram, sage and thyme |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| Pepper | ||
| ½ | pounds | Ground pork |
| ¼ | pounds | Ham, finely chopped |
| ¾ | cup | Soft bread crumbs |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | cup | Red currant jelly |
| ½ | cup | Port |
| ½ | cup | Orange juice |
| ¼ | cup | Lemon juice |
| Rind of 1 orange, cut in slivers | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Dry mustard |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ginger |
Directions
STUFFING
CUMBERLAND SAUCE
STUFFING: In skillet, melt butter over medium heat; cook onion until tender. Stir in mushrooms, spinach, parsley, marjoram, sage, thyme, salt, and pepper to taste; cook for 2 minutes or until fragrant. Let cool. In bowl, combine pork, ham, bread crumbs and egg; add onion mixture and mix well. Fill pocket of each boned thigh with heaping tablespoon of stuffing and enclose with thigh meat. Secure with string. Place seam side down in single layer in greased baking dish. CUMBERLAND SAUCE: In saucepan, combine jelly, port, orange juice, lemon juice, orange rind, mustard and ginger; bring to boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Pour ½ cup of the sauce over thighs. Bake, uncovered, in 350 degree oven for 1¼ hrs, basting occasionally, or until golden brown and juices run clear when chicken is pierced. Remove string, serve remaining sauce warm with chicken.
Makes 8 to 12 servings.
Recipe by: The Canadian Living Cooking Collection Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #498 by sewin <hammer@...> on Mar 31, 1997.