Rub 1 small tender young fryer with garlic, salt, and pepper. Arrange 3 large coarse cabbage leaves, one overlapping the other, and place whole chicken in this nest. Put 1/4 cup chopped onion and 1/4 cup barbecue sauce in cavity. Brush carcass with barbecue sauce and cover with chopped onion. Cross breast with 2 strips of bacon. Wrap in two layers of cabbage leaves and tie with strong white string. Allow two persons per chicken. Place over low fire in pit and cook for at least 6 - 7 hours. Baste the balls of cabbage frequently with the following sauce, keeping leaves pretty wet, and turn the balls over every half hour or so.
Wine Pairing(s)
Domaine Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris
Reinhold Haart 'Grafenberg' Riesling Spatlese
Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt Riesling Eiswein 'Kaseler Nies'chen'
Bethel Heights 'Seven Springs' Pinot Noir
Paitin Sori' Paitin
Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt Riesling Spätlese 'Piesporter Goldtropfchen'
Selbach Oster Riesling Kabinett
Benedict Loosen-Erben Riesling Spatlese 'Hrziger Wurzgarten'
Ca Rome di Romano Marengo Barbaresco
San Giulio Ghemme
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