CHICKEN THIGHS WITH LEEKS & GARLIC

      Title: CHICKEN THIGHS WITH LEEKS & GARLIC
  Categories: Chicken, Ceideburg 2
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       4    Leeks
       6 sl Garlic cloves
       6 oz Apple juice
       6 oz Dry white wine
       3 oz Brandy (optional)
       4 lg Chicken thighs
       4 oz Diced ham or
       4 oz Lean bacon
       4 oz Heavy cream
            Salt and pepper
  
   Make a bed of the leeks, cut into large dice, including the tender
   greens. Add sliced garlic, then apple juice, wine and brandy. Top
   with chicken thighs and ham or bacon. Place in oven and let simmer,
   uncovered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until chicken is tender.
   
   Pour off liquid, skim fat, then boil down until it is reduced to an
   intensely flavored liquid.  Add cream, then taste for salt and pepper.
   Beverage recommendation: Dry cider or sparkling wine.
   
   Serves 4.
   
   PER SERVING:  400 calories, 24 g protein, 20 g carbohydrate, 22 g fat
   (10 g saturated), 106 mg cholesterol, 454 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.
   
   From the San Francisco Chronicle, 11/3/92.
   
   Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; November 4 1992.
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