Garlic Chicken with Garlic, Garlic

Serves 3-4

1 whole chicken, about 3 pounds

40 unpeeled garlic cloves

Salt and pepper to taste

3/4 cup dry white wine

Rub inside and out of the chicken with split clove of garlic. Lightly salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place chicken on a roasting rack in a baking pan and reduce heat to 350 degrees F. Bake 20 minutes and then pour wine over chicken. Baste again in 10 minutes and again 10 minutes later. Roast a total of 1 hour.

Sauce:

1/2 cup canned Chicken Broth

1/2 cup whipping cream

The cooked garlic cloves

Put the chicken broth in a small saucepan and add the cream. As this is heating, squirt all the garlic cloves into the sauce, discarding the peel. Simmer for a few minutes. Blend with hand blender. Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper and enjoy the sauce on the chicken.

Recipe from The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine by Jeff Smith