Best Ed Giobbis Chicken In Clay Recipes

CHICKEN WITH 40 CLOVES OF GARLIC IN A CLAY POT

Steps:

• Soak top and bottom of 3 1/4 quart clay cooker in water about 15 minutes; drain.
• Line bottom and sides of cooker with parchment paper.
• Combine olive oil, garlic and herbs in cooker.
• Rinse and pat dry chicken reserving neck and giblets for other use.
• Place chicken over garlic mixture.
• Drizzle with lemon juice.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Place covered cooker in COLD oven.
• Set oven at 475 degrees F.
• Bake until chicken is tender and juices run clear when thigh is pierced, about 1 1/4 hours.
• Remove cover; bake until chicken is crisp and brown.
• 5 to 10 minutes.
• Carve chicken and spoon cooking liquid over chicken.
• Serve with garlic and french bread.

GIOBBI'S PRIMAVERA PASTA

Steps:

• For the Tomato Salad/Sauce: Cut the tomatoes in 1/2 crosswise, parallel to the stems, and gently press the seeds out. Cut the flesh into 1/2-inch pieces, and put them in a bowl large enough to hold the finished dish. Add the remaining salad ingredients and toss well.
• For the Pasta: Salt the water and bring to a boil. Add the pasta, stir well, bring back to a boil, and boil, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, more or less, depending on how firm you like your pasta. Add a 6-ounce ladle of the hot pasta water to the tomato salad. Drain the pasta in a colander, and add it immediately to the tomato salad. Toss thoroughly, and divide the pasta among 4 soup plates. Sprinkle generously with the cheese, and serve immediately.

HERB AND LEMON CHICKEN IN A CLAY POT

Steps:

• Mash Herbes de Provence into the softened butter until well blended.
• Rinse chicken inside and out and pat dry with paper towels.
• Soak clay pot and lid in cold water for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place 1/2 lemon in cavity of chicken and truss chicken with kitchen twine. Fold wings under. Rub butter mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Slice remaining 1/2 lemon into 3 or 4 slices.
• After soaking, line bottom of pot evenly with onion, celery, carrot, garlic and lemon slices. Place chicken, breast side up, on top of vegies.
• Pour broth over chicken and cover pot with soaked lid.
• Place in a COLD oven and set heat at 450°F.
• Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the legs move easily and skin is browned.
• (Lid can be removed the last 10 minutes, for crisper skin.).
• Transfer to a platter and let rest 10 minutes before carving. Serve with the pan juices and vegies, if desired.

ED GIOBBI'S CHICKEN IN CLAY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Sprinkle the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Set the giblets aside.
• Cut the garlic lengthwise into eight slivers. Insert four slivers under the skin that covers the breast of the chicken. Put one-third of the rosemary under the skin.
• Put the remaining four slivers of garlic into the cavity of the chicken. Put another one-third of the rosemary into the cavity.
• Rub the outside of the chicken with the remaining rosemary.
• Fold the wing tips under the chicken. Truss the chicken as neatly and compactly as possible with string.
• Lay out a large rectangle of aluminum foil on a flat surface. Place the chicken in the center. Wrap the chicken as compactly as possible inside the foil.
• Gather together a large handful of the clay. Flatten this handful to a thickness of about one inch and apply it to one outside section of the foil-wrapped chicken. Place another flattened handful of clay slightly overlapping and press to seal the two pieces together. Continue applying handfuls of clay, pressing as you work, until the chicken is completely and compactly covered with clay. Smooth the clay over as you work. You may bake the chicken at this point or you may ''sculpt'' the product with additional pieces of clay, shaping it to resemble a whole bird with beak, feet, eyes, tail feathers and so on.
• Place in the oven and bake 45 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees. As the clay bakes it may develop cracks. As these are noticed, seal the cracks by smearing on a little more clay.
• Continue baking the chicken for 30 minutes. If desired, you may then paint the clay with poster paint or watercolors.
• Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a skillet and add the gizzard. Cook, turning often, about five minutes. Add the liver and heart and continue cooking about five minutes longer, turning the pieces often. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining two tablespoons of oil in a skillet and add the chopped shallots. Cook briefly, stirring, and add the chopped mushrooms. Cook, stirring, about four minutes.
• Cut away and discard the tough membrane of the gizzard. Cut the gizzard into small pieces and add it to the mushrooms. Add salt and pepper. Continue cooking, stirring often, until the liquid from the mushrooms evaporates. Add the sherry. Chop the liver and heart into small cubes and add to the mushroom mixture. Stir in the parsley. Cover and cook about three minutes.
• Crack the clay and remove the chicken. Take it out of the foil. Add the liquid in the foil to the mushroom mixture and simmer about two minutes. Carve the chicken and serve with the mushroom sauce.