[benkt]

1 cockerel
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
1 leek
2 sticks of celery
1/2 swede
2 carrots
'some' green lentils
white wine
water
tarragon
oregano

Sweat onions and garlic in bottom of big casserole dish. Add cockerel whole (although I usually have to detach the legs to make it fit in our big casserole dish!) and the rest of the veg and lentils. Add water and white wine in 2/3rds:1/3rd ratio to cover it all. Add ~ 1tbsp tarragon and a good handful of oregano (chosen because its the only herb in our patch still going strong at this time of year!). Simmer for 3-4hrs.
Then remove carcass and as many of the little bones as possible, serve with baked potatoes and fresh bread.

[Fleecewife]

Sounds delicious    We have a couple of young lads thinking of crowing so will try your recipe then.