New england chicken

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 each Chicken; cut into 8 pieces
1 each Salt & freshly ground pepper
50 grams Butter
150 millilitres Milk
¼ teaspoon Dried sage
1 can 225 g can oysters *; drained
150 millilitres Double cream
2 teaspoons Cornflour
¼ teaspoon Dried basil

Directions

* use 175 g (6 oz.) drained fresh oysters preheat oven to 180 degrees 1. Sprinkle the chicken well with salt and pepper. Melt the butter in a pan and fry the pieces of chicken until golden. Transfer to a casserole with the butter.

2. Pour the milk over the chicken and sprinkle with salt, pepper and sage.

3. Cover and cook in a preheated oven for 1 hour.

4. Uncover the casserole and add the oysters. Blend the cream with the cornflour and stir into the casserole with the basil. Cover again and return to the oven for 15-20 minutes to reheat thoroughtly.

5. Serve garnished with watercress

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