APPLE CIDER CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Season chicken pieces with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Heat 2 tbsp butter and the olive oil in a skillet, brown chicken pieces, then pour Calvados on the chicken and carefully light it with a match (keep a lid nearby, just in case...).
• When the pan is no longer on fire, add scallions and cook on low heat until tender but not browned.
• Pour Apple Cider in the pan and cook for 15 minutes, turning the chicken pieces once after 10 minutes.
• Melt 2 tbsp butter in another pan, add mushrooms and cook for 4 minutes.
• Add mushrooms and their liquid to the chicken pan, add cream too and cook further 5 minutes.
• Take chicken out of the pan and keep it warm while thickening the sauce for about 10 minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste, return chicken to pan, bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes more.
• Meanwhile core the apples without peeling them, brown them in a pan with remaining 2 tbsp butter.
• Serve the chicken aside the apples, garnish with parsley.
• (I like to do the recipe with only chicken breasts, cut into strips, and reduce cooking time accordingly).