{"id":93,"date":"2023-11-22T17:54:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:54:30","slug":"a-dish-of-chicken-with-mild-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/a-dish-of-chicken-with-mild-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dish of Chicken with Mild Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1231\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dish-with-mild-wine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Clean the chicken and put it in the pot, throw in two spoonfuls of oil and onion juice, one spoonful of cilantro juice, ten peeled and pounded almonds, a clove of garlic and sufficient salt and water. When it boils gently, throw in strong vinegar, murri and basil [or aromatic] nabidh [a low-alcohol wine considered licit for Muslims], a spoonful of each. Put in citron leaf, clove basil (habaq qaranfuli), bee balm and green rue, a bundle. Place it in the pot and when it is done, take a dirham each of Chinese cinnamon, pepper, and cinnamon, and another dirham of cloves and lavender, pulverize these and beat with eggs and cover the contents of the pot with them and dot with eggyolks. Ladle it out and serve it, God willing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Andalusian egg-drop soup is a wild mix of flavor.\u00a0 The broth is herby, fragrant, and just a little bit nutty and sweet.\u00a0 The eggs, which cook quickly and give the soup a false porridge-like texture, are a blast of strong, rich spices.\u00a0 Once you break the yolk and stir, the whole dish gets tied together with a decadent creaminess.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Redaction<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (The recipe calls for a whole chicken, but I think skinless, boneless chunks are more manageable.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 tbsp olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 tbsp onion juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 tbsp cilantro juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 almonds, peeled and ground<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 clove garlic peeled and smashed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 tbsp white wine vinegar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 tbsp shoyu soy sauce (a substitute for &#8220;murri&#8221;, a salty fermented wheat condiment)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 tbsp chopped basil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 to 4 tbsp nabidh (This is basically raisins steeped in hot water.\u00a0 Adjust quantity for how strong\/sweet your brew comes out.)&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 bundle of aromatic herbs (I didn&#8217;t have the ones in the recipe, so I substituted Italian parsley, a bay leaf, and a little ground fennel seed.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00be tsp ground cinnamon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00be tsp ground cassia (Chinese cinnamon, or substitute another \u00be tsp of regular cinnamon) \\<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00be tsp ground black pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00be tsp ground cloves<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00be tsp ground lavender (or \u00bc tsp of extract)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 eggs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut the chicken into bite-sized chunks and put in the pot.\u00a0 Add the oil, onion juice, cilantro juice, ground almonds, and mashed garlic clove.\u00a0 Bring to a boil.\u00a0 Add the vinegar, soy sauce, basil, raisin wine, and aromatic bundle.\u00a0 Simmer until the chicken is cooked, about 30-60 minutes.\u00a0 Separate the yolks out of 2 or 3 of the eggs.\u00a0 Beat the whites and remaining yolks with the cinnamon, cassia, pepper, cloves, and lavender (yes, this is a LOT of spices).\u00a0 Remove the aromatic bundle, then gently ladle the eggs into the pot.\u00a0 You can garnish with the separated eggs yolks into the main pot or into individual bowls.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook of the 13th Century<br \/>Translated by Charles Perry<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daviddfriedman.com\/Medieval\/Cookbooks\/Andalusian\/andalusian2.htm#Heading84\">http:\/\/www.daviddfriedman.com\/Medieval\/Cookbooks\/Andalusian\/andalusian2.htm#Heading84<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clean the chicken and put it in the pot, throw in two spoonfuls of oil and onion juice, one spoonful of cilantro juice, ten peeled and pounded almonds, a clove of garlic and sufficient salt and water. When it boils gently, throw in strong vinegar, murri and basil [or aromatic] nabidh [a low-alcohol wine considered&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/a-dish-of-chicken-with-mild-wine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Dish of Chicken with Mild Wine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinrichvonholstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}