1 bottle pinot noir
1 carrot, roughly chopped
1 celery stalk, roughly chopped
1 small onion, cut into quarters
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and lightly crushed with a knife, plus 1 peeled and finely sliced
1 bay leaf
Small bunch of thyme
1 tbsp butter
150g piece of streaky bacon, cut into thick chunks
2 tbsp plain flour
4 chicken thighs
2 chicken legs
20 baby onions or 10 shallots, peeled but left whole (drop them briefly in boiling water first to loosen the peel)
20 button mushrooms, or 10 white mushrooms, quartered
4 tbsp cognac