Rooster with wine, Chios mastic and cardamom

Rooster with wine, Chios mastic and cardamom is a unique and delicious dish.

Materials:

One rooster, about 1½ kilos, in portions
One large onion, grated
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
Three cloves of garlic, chopped
1 tsp. Chios mastic
Four cardamoms
Two glasses of white wine
1 tsp. mild mustard
salt

Procedure

Step 1

Collect the seeds from the cardamom. Put a tablespoon of salt, the mastic and the cardamom seeds in a mortar and pound them with the pestle until they become a homogeneous paste.

Step 2

Heat the olive oil in a large, shallow pot and brown the chicken pieces.

Step 3

Add the grated onion and garlic and mix well. Add the cardamom, mastic, and mustard mixture. Deglaze with the wine, bring to a boil, cover the pot, and cook over low heat for about 1 hour.

Step 4

Uncover, turn up the heat and let the sauce set. Serve the rooster with fries.

Ilias Mamalakis is a columnist for Cantina. Translated by Paul Antonopoulos.

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