Coq Au Vin with Plump Prunes

Name: Coq Au Vin with Plump Prunes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 750ml bottle full-bodied red wine (needn't be expensive, just gutsy); 4 large chicken legs , halved (or 8 thighs), preferably free range; 3 tbsp groundnut or vegetable oil; 25g unsalted butter; 2 plum tomatoes , roughly chopped; 25g plain flour; 1 bouquet garni with 2 bay leaves and 1 large sprig of thyme, optional; zest of 1 orange removed with a vegetable peeler (so it doesn't dissolve completely); 20 very plump prunes , stoned; cornflour , if needed; sugar , to taste; grated zest of half an orange; handful of parsley , roughly chopped

Comforting, tasty chicken dish with delicious prunes and a rich red wine sauce - can be made two days in advance

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Tomato and thyme are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,370 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Coq Au Vin with Plump Prunes

Serves 4

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1156Calories

47 gProtein

44 gFat

137 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Prune	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Tomato + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,370 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Red wine + plumtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together107 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Thyme + orangetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together442 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Plum + thymetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together193 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,480 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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