Ingredients
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter, divided
- 3 firm, tart apples (such as Pink Lady or Braeburn; about 1 lb.), peeled, cored, quartered
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 3½–4-lb. chickens, quartered
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 leek, white and pale-green parts only, halved lengthwise, sliced crosswise ¼” thick
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- ¼ cup Calvados (apple brandy)
- ¾ cup apple cider
- 4 sprigs thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ cup low-sodium chicken broth
- ½ pound crimini (baby bella) mushrooms, trimmed, halved
- ½ cup crème fraîche
- 1 large egg yolk
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