Pollo Almendrado
By: Barnaby Dorfman
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 3:52am

Ingredients




cup whole blanched almonds, toasted (see note)
Vegetable oil, for browning
3 pounds chicken pieces (cut-up whole chicken or 
cup crushed pineapple (fresh or canned)
1 cup seedless grapes
1 cup orange juice
1 cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons honey
teaspoon ground cinnamon
teaspoon ground cloves
teaspoon dried thyme
Slivers of orange peel, for garnish





Preparation

1 Cool and grind 1/2 cup of the toasted almonds in a blender until fine. 2 Coarsely chop the remaining 1/4 cup. 3 Heat oil to 370 degrees F in a large skillet. Brown chicken pieces, 10 minutes on each side. Place chicken in a single layer in a shallow glass baking pan. 4 Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 5 In a medium bowl, combine pineapple, grapes, orange juice, wine, honey, cinnamon, cloves, thyme and all of the almonds; pour over chicken. Bake for 40 minutes, basting several times with pan juices. Increase oven to 350 degrees; bake 10 minutes longer. 6 Garnish with orange peel and serve. 7 Note: To blanch almonds, put them in a bowl, pour boiling water over them, let sit 5 minutes, then drain and pull skins off. 8 To toast almonds, arrange dry nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet. Place 9 In a 300-degree oven for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure that the nuts brown evenly. 


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Preparation

 1  Cool and grind 1/2 cup of the toasted almonds in a blender until fine.  2  Coarsely chop the remaining 1/4 cup.  3  Heat oil to 370 degrees F in a large skillet. Brown chicken pieces, 10 minutes on each side. Place chicken in a single layer in a shallow glass baking pan.  4  Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  5  In a medium bowl, combine pineapple, grapes, orange juice, wine, honey, cinnamon, cloves, thyme and all of the almonds; pour over chicken. Bake for 40 minutes, basting several times with pan juices. Increase oven to 350 degrees; bake 10 minutes longer.  6  Garnish with orange peel and serve.  7  Note: To blanch almonds, put them in a bowl, pour boiling water over them, let sit 5 minutes, then drain and pull skins off.  8  To toast almonds, arrange dry nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet. Place  9  In a 300-degree oven for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure that the nuts brown evenly.