My favourite... Just made it, we'll started yesterday, and eat it.
Recipe - chicken, jointed, less breasts
Bottle red wine
Brandy - some, and some for me
Mushrooms
Bacon
Onions
Bay leaves x2
Thyme
Butter
Flour - toasted
Method, reduce wine by a third and let cool, marinade chicken in wine and herbs overnight
Drain marinade and keep
Sauté bacon in butter
Pat dry chicken then sauté to golden colour in bacon fat and butter
Add onions - small ones whole otherwise quartered
Flambé in brandy,
Add toasted flour or flour 1tbspn
Drink some of the brandy
Add marinade and mushrooms
Drink some more brandy
Cook on low heat for 3hrs or until brandy runs out
Yum yum, that'll see me for 3 or 4 days and just gets better with age
Some people add carrots and celery at the beginning, I don't, it reduces the amount of time available to drink brandy