Not at all, it's all about timing but believe me, you will love the puds.. Another hint, go 80% plain and 20% self raising flower..
The cake baking I leave to the Mrs. She's getting very good at it, makes 3 Christmas cakes a year, for us and both sets of grandparents, and can do a lemon drizzle in her sleep. Not my thing cakes but can do most other stuff well though, honest.
Chuck it all in, take some of the gravy out at the end, whisk on a high heat with flour and butter to create a thickening sauce, pour back into the pot and mix.
Just cut the crap off the chicken and hoyer it all in, when you add your stock, stick a vegetable stock in there as well. Oh, and fry the breasts in butter for a few mins before you stick them in..
Indeed. Anyway, when he got home my son said he didn’t want coq au vin. An hour later he asked what there was to eat. I told him there was coq au vin or anything else he made himself. He’s eating coq au vin at the minute. Ungrateful, lazy sod.