Roast Chicken With Cracked Peppercorn Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (4 lb) whole chickens
• 1 cup dry vermouth
• 4 shallots, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 cup whipping cream, heated until steaming
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns, cracked

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 remove giblets from chicken, and season inside and out with salt and pepper. place chicken into a roasting pan with vermouth, shallots and garlic.
• 3 cover the roasting pan, and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or 20 minutes per pound.
• 4 strain liquid from the roasting pan into a saucepan. cook over medium-high heat until reduced to about 1/2 cup. stir in heated cream, and cracked peppercorns. cook on medium-low heat for 5 minutes until thick, but do not boil.
• 5 carve chicken, and serve with sauce.