How to brighten up a plain roast Chicken? Stab it to death. Oh sorry that’s not supposed to sound quite so brutal. It’s to make places to insert Garlic and Rosemary!
Ingredients:-
A medium Chicken
2 Cloves of Garlic, sliced
2 Sprigs of fresh Rosemary
5 Spice
Salt 7 Pepper
A Lemon cut in half
Oil
Method:-
(1) With a sharp knife stab holes in the breast and thighs.
(2) Insert Slices of Garlic and the softer end sprigs of Rosemary into the holes.
(3) Place the Lemon in the cavity.
(4) Dust with 5 Spice, Salt and Pepper and rub with Oil.
(5) Roast covered at 180c until the juices run clear.
We had a bit of a traditional roast dinner yesterday. The remain Chicken, because it was quite some size, is going in a Chicken and Bacon Salad tonight.
These were intended to be more of a Potato Rosti but our grater wasn't up to the job so I improvised! They were actually more like an Onion Bhaji. Certainly not a disaster, but I'm good to admit an error once in a while!
They are there on the plates, just dwarfed by Sue's monster pasties.......
We served them with Sue's giant home made Cornish Pasties – Recipe here
Home made pickled Cauliflower and chilli – Recipe here
Cherry Tomatoes and red Onions dressed with a little oil and Parsley
Ingredients:-
3 large Potatoes, parboiled and sliced very thinly
2 Onions, sliced finely
3 tbls plain flour (Gluten free works fine)
2 tsp Chilli flakes
2 tsp Garlic salt
2 tsp Onion salt
2 Eggs
Oil for frying
Method:-
(1) Once the sliced Potatoes have cooled mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
(2) Form into fritters.
(3) Fry in a little oil turning once, until golden brown on both sides.
There is a 'Continental' shop not far from us. Next time we have a little spare cash we'll probably get a bag on Gram flour and try a proper Onion Bhaji recipe.