Kotmis Satsivi I

Description
Main Dish

Ingredients

 * 3 lb chicken
 * 1 tsp black pepper fresh ground
 * 4 tbsp butter melted
 * 1 tbsp vegetable oil
 * ¾ tsp salt
 * 1 cup walnuts, shelled, pulverized
 * ½ tsp salt
 * ⅛ tsp saffron
 * 1 ea bay leaf
 * ⅛ tsp cinnamon ground
 * ⅛ tsp cayenne flakes or Tabasco
 * 1 tbsp parsley freshly chopped fine
 * 2 tbsp butter
 * 2 ea garlic cloves minced
 * 2 tbsp onions chopped
 * 1 tbsp flour
 * 1½ cup chicken stock
 * 2 tbsp red wine vinegar or cider
 * ¼ tsp cloves powdered

Directions

 * 1) Dry chicken inside and out.
 * 2) Melt the butter and oil together then brush chicken with this mixture until completely coated.
 * 3) Preheat oven to 475 °F.
 * 4) Place chicken on its side on a rack in a shallow baking pan.
 * 5) Roast in oven for 10 minutes then turn onto its other side after brushing again with the butter-oil mixture and roast for another 10 minutes.
 * 6) Turn bird onto its back, reduce oven temperature to 400 °F, baste with the butter-oil mix, and roast for another 40 minutes.
 * 7) Baste at least once with the butter-oil mixture during this time period.
 * 8) While the chicken is roasting you must make the walnut sauce.
 * 9) Melt the butter in a large, heavy skillet over high heat, add the onions and garlic, lower heat to to medium, and cook while stirring for 4 minutes.
 * 10) Stir in the flour and mix into a paste.
 * 11) Stir in the chicken stock,m bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens.
 * 12) Stir in the vinegar, cloves, salt, pepper, bay leaf, saffron, parsley, and walnuts paste.
 * 13) Lower heat to low and simmer for 6 minutes.
 * 14) Quarter the chicken and pour the sauce over the quarters.
 * 15) Serve at once.