Chicken and dumplings

No pictures today. Poached chicken 1 roasting hen buttermilk to cover marinate overnight, then cut up, dredge with salted and peppered flour. saute two carrots and an onion in oil, transfer to dutch oven. Brown chicken, transfer to dutch oven, placing it on top of the vegetables. Deglaze the pan with a splash or two each of vermouth and sherry, scrape up the fond, add to chicken. Add enough chicken broth to cover, add salt and pepper, hot sauce. Bake in oven @ 350 for 2 1/2 hours. Remove chicken, strain broth, discard vegetables. Put broth in large pan with chicken.  Saute 1 package of bella mushrooms,1 onion and 4 or 5 carrots, all of them cup up in skillet with butter and saute until soft then add to chicken and broth. Simmer 10 minutes. Make dumplings and add to broth, cover; simmer gently 20 minutes. in a separate saucepan, add a tablespoon each butter and flour cook together a couple minutes, add heavy cream. Stir, boil and add to broth. taste for seasoning. dumplings ll 2 c. flour 1 tb bakng pwdr 2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp cream of tartar 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 c. butter 2/3 C. heavy cream + more as needed to make drop dumplings Drop into simmering broth, cover and simmer 20 minutes