Chicken in Tuna Sauce
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- young chicken, drawn (no innards, neck or feet)
- salt
- pepper
- tbsp olive oil
- g tuna in oil
- g capers
- anchovies
- parsley
- tbsp vinegar
- hard-boiled eggs
Instructions
- Boil the drawn chicken half an hour, then skin and bone it, cut into pieces, and dress with salt, pepper and 2 tbsp oil; let sit several hours.
- Clean anchovies; chop parsley fine, then pound with tuna, capers and anchovies to a fine paste.
- Thin the sauce with 4 tbsp oil and 1/2 tbsp vinegar.
- Coat the chicken with the sauce and garnish with hard-boiled egg wedges.
- Serves six; scrape the mortar clean with a slice of raw potato.