Chicken En Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 young chicken
4 level Tbsp. butter
1 small onion
1 small carrot
3 potatoes
salt and pepper to taste
a few mushrooms (canned or fresh)
2 c. stock or water
1 bay leaf
3 Tbsp. sherry

Preparation

Clean chicken and cut the chicken into pieces convenient for serving.
Melt the butter in a small frying pan, add the onion and carrot, both cut in thin slices, also the pieces of chicken, and cook all until golden brown, placing them in the casserole as they reach this stage.
Pour the stock over them, put in the bay leaf, and cover closely.
When nearly done, add the potatoes sliced, the mushrooms and seasoning.
Cover, and finish the cooking.
Add the sherry at the last moment before serving, and send to table in casserole.