Sunday Roast!

Fancied a roast today! Perfect Sunday, up at 9:30am prepared the chicken, long walk around Beckenham with Darvill, bumped into Rudi and Amy, met Mirek in the Woody with Missy, left him to watch the footy with Cleavers, went home to crack on with dinner, mum popped by to pick Missy up and we chilled with a Roast and a Chateauneuf-de-Pape. Ahh just how Sundays should be!

Crucials 

Maris Piper Potatoes
One chicken
One lemon
Fresh Basil
Fresh Coriander
Chunk of ginger
Chilli flakes
Chilli powder
Parmesan (o)
Salt and Pepper
Three cloves of garlic
Butter
Olive Oil

Chick.. Chick.. Chick.. Chick.. Chicken!

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees
• Melt a knob of butter in the microwave, add a glug of oil
• Chop up the basil and corainder and add to the butter
• Crush the garlic and mix it all in
• Squeeze half a lemon and season with salt and pepper
• Add some grated parmesan and mix (o)
• Add a small spoonfull of chilli flakes
• Make pockets under the skin of the chicken breasts and slice into the chicken meat
• Repeat for the legs
• With a spoon put the mix under the skin of the chicken and rub it all in, until all the mix is nearly gone, then rub the remainder over the top of the chicken
• Season with salt and pepper and a sprinkle of chilli powder over the top
• Put the other half of the lemon up it's bum!
• Leave to stand if possible!

• Put it into the middle of the oven and roast for approx 2 hours until skin is crisp
• Every half hour, spoon the juices over the chicken
• After 45mins of the chicken being in the oven boil the potatoes
• When they're nearly ready drain them and put a lid over and carefully shake the pan so they fluff up
• Put a knob of butter and glug of oil into a roasting tray
• Add the potatoes and coat them with the buttery oil
• Spoon out some of the chicken juice and pour over the potatoes
• Switch the chicken to the bottom of the oven and the potatoes in the middle
• Roast until potatoes are crispy

Serve with buttery baby corn and carrots..Mmmm