Catalan chicken with fresh figs

A very easy recipe! The sweet-sour mix of fruit and meat. I've seen so many great fig-based recipes recently, so I just had to join in...

Preparation and cooking time : 30 minutes

Infusion : 3 hours
Ingredients for 4

Fig preparation :
150 gr sugar
12 cl white wine vinegar
1 slice of lemon
1 stick of cinnamon
450 gr fresh figs

Chicken :
12 cl medium-dry white wine
Zest of 1/2 lemon
1 chicken cut into pieces
50 gr diced bacon
1 tbsp olive oil
50 ml chicken stock
Salt, pepper

• Cook the sugar and vinegar with the lemon slice and cinnamon in 12cl of water for 5 minutes before adding the figs.
• Cook for a further 10 minutes, then pour into a bowl and leave for 3 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 180°c.
• Drain the figs, and then add them to the white wine and lemon zest.
• Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
• Brown the diced bacon in a frying pan, and then put it in a baking dish.
• Brown the chicken in the same frying pan in the bacon fat with the olive oil added, and then reserve.
• Strain the figs once again, then pour the white wine and lemon zest into the frying pan and bring to the boil.
• Add the chicken, the figs, the chicken stock and the sauce to the diced bacon in the baking dish.
• Cover with oven-proof paper and bake for 10 minutes.
• Serve with a salad.