Roast Chicken With Cracked Peppercorn Sauce

From allrecipes.com

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 (4 lb)  whole chickens
• 1  cup dry vermouth
• 4  shallots, chopped
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 1  cup  whipping cream, heated until steaming
• 1  tablespoon black peppercorns, cracked

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Remove giblets from chicken, and season inside and out with salt and pepper. Place chicken into a roasting pan with vermouth, shallots and garlic.
3. Cover the roasting pan, and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or 20 minutes per pound.
4. Strain liquid from the roasting pan into a saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until reduced to about 1/2 cup. Stir in heated cream, and cracked peppercorns. Cook on medium-low heat for 5 minutes until thick, but do not boil.
5. Carve chicken, and serve with sauce.