Crown Roast Chicken with Tagliatelle and Wild Mushroom Sauce

This dish of Crown Roast Chicken with Tagliatelle and Wild Mushroom Sauce is perfect for a midweek bite or a weekend feast for family and friends. Home made pasta, roasted chicken and a creamy sauce!

Ingredients

Pasta
  • 250g OO flour
  • 250g semolina flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 medium chicken
  • 15ml veg oil
  • 25g butter
  • Salt and pepper
Sauce
  • 300g wild mushrooms
  • 1 shallot, peeled and diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 100ml white wine
  • 200ml chicken stock
  • 100ml double cream
  • Knob of butter
To serve
  • Chervil and tarragon

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200c
  • Mix all the ingredients for the pasta together in a food processor,, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the legs from the chicken, place the crown onto a hot pan with the oil and butter. Season and fry until golden then pop in the oven and roast  for 25 minutes. Rest.
  • Using a pasta machine, roll out the pasta until thin and then run through the tagliatelle setting.
  • To make the sauce, cook the mushrooms and shallot in the chicken pan for 4 to 5 minutes, add the wine, bring to the boil and then reduce the stock by half. Add the cream and butter and season.
  • Cook the pasta in boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and pop into a pan of foaming butter. Finish with some herbs.
  • Remove the breasts from the crown, pop onto 2 plates and spoon the pasta and sauce alongside.

Ingredients

Pasta
  • 250g OO flour
  • 250g semolina flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 medium chicken
  • 15ml veg oil
  • 25g butter
  • Salt and pepper
Sauce
  • 300g wild mushrooms
  • 1 shallot, peeled and diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 100ml white wine
  • 200ml chicken stock
  • 100ml double cream
  • Knob of butter
To serve
  • Chervil and tarragon

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200c
  • Mix all the ingredients for the pasta together in a food processor,, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the legs from the chicken, place the crown onto a hot pan with the oil and butter. Season and fry until golden then pop in the oven and roast  for 25 minutes. Rest.
  • Using a pasta machine, roll out the pasta until thin and then run through the tagliatelle setting.
  • To make the sauce, cook the mushrooms and shallot in the chicken pan for 4 to 5 minutes, add the wine, bring to the boil and then reduce the stock by half. Add the cream and butter and season.
  • Cook the pasta in boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and pop into a pan of foaming butter. Finish with some herbs.
  • Remove the breasts from the crown, pop onto 2 plates and spoon the pasta and sauce alongside.