Mix chicken with balsamic vinegar and brown sugar. Leave to marinate in the fridge for at least ½ hour, or up to 12 hours.
To make sauce, heat oil in a large heavy fry-pan and gently cook garlic for a few seconds. Add stock, wine and whole mint sprigs. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until reduced to ⅓ of the volume. Add ginger. Remove from heat and discard mint. Sauce can be made well ahead of time and refrigerated.
To cook chicken, pre-heat oven to 220°C. Season marinated chicken with salt and place skin side up on a shallow baking tray and bake for 15 minutes until golden. At the end of cooking, brush any cooking juices over the skin to give it a great colour. Heat sauce and add marinade from the chicken. Remove chicken from oven, add to hot sauce, simmer very gently on lowest heat for 5-10 minutes. Place chicken on hot dinner plates, spoon over sauce and top with fried mint leaves and toasted pine nuts. Try serving the chicken with potatoes and steamed green beans.
Recipe from www.annabel-langbein.com
