Royal Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (5 lb) chicken, cooked
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 -3 ounces finely chopped sweet onions
• 1 tablespoon curry paste
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 4 ounces red wine
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 freshly squeezed, lemon, juice of
• 4 cans apricot halves, drained & chopped
• 1 1/4 cups mayonnaise
• 4 -5 ounces heavy whipping cream
• salt and pepper
• watercress (to garnish) or parsley (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 remove the flesh from the cooked chicken and cut into small pieces.
• 2 in a small saucepan, heat the oil, add the onion and cook for about 3 minutes, until softened.
• 3 add the curry paste, tomato puree, wine, bay leaf and lemon juice.
• 4 simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes until well reduced.
• 5 strain and leave to cool.
• 6 puree the chopped apricot halves in a blender or food processor or through a sieve.
• 7 beat the cooled sauce into the mayonnaise with the apricot puree.
• 8 whip the cream until it forms stiff peaks and fold into the mixture.
• 9 season, adding a little extra lemon juice if necessary.
• 10 fold in the chicken pieces.
• 11 garnish with watercress or parsley to serve.