Recipe of King Henry IV's boiled chicken

• In a big pot place in the water as for a pot au feu: 6 carrots, 3 turnips and 2 leeks. Salt and pepper.
• Bring to the boil over high heat and simmer for an hour.
• Now take a middle-size chicken and take the giblets (liver, gizzard and heart), chop them with breadcrumbs and spices of your choice.
• Salt and pepper the cavity of the chicken and fill it with the stuffing: remember to sew the opening with coarse thread so that the stuffing does not get out.
• Put the chicken into the pot. Bring the simmering back to the boil over high heat. And after this, reduce heat to low and simmer for 3 hours.
• Serve the broth as a first course or together with the chicken, cut into pieces together with vegetables.
• Enjoy your meal!