How to make Pollo Cacciatora

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Ingredients

1 fresh Chicken, jointed

3 cloves of Garlic

3 or 4 pieces of Rosemary

1 glass White Wine

200–300g Black Olives

400g peeled Tomatoes

Olive Oil

Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions
Fry the garlic and the chopped rosemary leaves gently in the olive oil
Add the chicken and brown all over
Add the wine and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes until the wine has reduced by half
Add the olives and simmer for a futher 5 minutes
Then add the tomatoes, cover and cook for 25 minutes
Uncover and cook for a further 10 minutes
To ServeServe with a side dish of asparagus or green beans with parmesan and olive oil