• Coq au vin façon martiniquaise

    Coq au vin Martinique style

    Plat de résistance

    Préparation

    30 minutes

    Cuisson

    1h30

    Coq au vin is an emblematic dish of French cuisine which then integrated the Martinican cuisine brought in by the French during colonization. Its history dates back to the period BC when Julius Caesar would have prepared a rooster simmered in wine to taunt Gallic hosts whose emblem was the rooster.

    Today it is the coq au vin is the recipe par excellence for New Year's Day in France. In Martinique, it is found on family tables during Sunday meals or on holidays. It has been embellished with local spices such as allspice and vegetarian chilli.

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Ingredients

For 8 servings:

  • A 2 kg rooster (gutted and cut into pieces)
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 onions
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • Pepper
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 bottle of red wine
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 250 gr of bacon
  • Salt
  • Leaves or seeds of allspice
  • 1 vegetarian pepper (sweet pepper)
Preparation
  1. The day before, peel the garlic and onion and mince them.
  2. Put them in a deep dish with the pieces of rooster, the bouquet garni and the pepper.
  3. Pour in the wine, cover and leave to cool overnight (refrigerator).
  4. The next day, take the chicken pieces out of the refrigerator.
  5. In a large saucepan, pour the sugar to make caramel.
  6. Add the bacon cut in pieces and brown them.
  7. Pour the mixture of pieces of rooster with the spices in the container with the caramel.
  8. Brown the chicken and flip it several times.
  9. Add water little by little without exaggerating so that the skin of the chicken is golden brown.
  10. Peel the carrots, cut them into small pieces and add them to the mixture.
  11. Add the Indian wood and the vegetarian pepper cut into slices.
  12. Prick the pieces of chicken with a fork so that it cooks well, especially near the bones.
  13. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon.
  14. Once cooked, turn off the heat and let cool.
  15. Enjoy!

Plus d'infos

  • Conseil
    • You can also do it with chicken pieces of all kinds (thighs, drumsticks or others).