Rosh Hashanah Chicken with Cinnamon and Apples from Metz

french jewish chicken roast dinner apple cinnamon

Joan Nathan

4 to 6 Servings

Source

Ingredients

One 3 1/2-to-4-pound roasting chicken

Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 onion, peeled and cut into chunks

1 cup chicken broth

1 1/3 cups white wine

3 apples, cored and cut horizontally into 4 pieces (the French would use reine-des-reinettes apples or pippins, but Fuji apples are fine)

2 tablespoons sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste and 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon. Put in a roasting pan with the onion. Pour the chicken broth and wine over the chicken, and roast in the oven for 45 minutes.

After the chicken has been cooking for 45 minutes, surround it with the apples sprinkled with the remaining cinnamon and the sugar. Baste with the wine, and roast for about 45 more minutes, or until the apples are very soft and the chicken is cooked.