Patrizia of the Malvarina di Assisi tells us how the drunken hen from the Orvietano area spread throughout Umbria.

A dish created to make use of the rotten meat of old hens that no longer produced eggs, as well as a good broth apparently, can still be useful, marinating them in wine for a long time to make them tasty and soft. They were often used to make a good impression on the gentlemen who came to visit the sharecroppers.

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Marinating Meat

1. Take a hen and cut it into coarse pieces;
2. We prepare 1 sliced onion, 2/3 cloves of garlic, 6/7 roughly chopped tomatoes;
3. Ham fat
4. Full-bodied red wine
5. Salt and pepper, Rosemary and Thyme Serpillo
6. We cover the meat and leave it to mince for at least 12 hours

Cooking:

1. We take a pan and add extra virgin olive oil
2. We add a mixture of ham fat, rosemary and thyme serpyllum
3. Once heated, we add the meat and the minced wine
4. Cover with a piece of straw paper and a lid.
5. It is left to cook for at least a couple of hours
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