Roast Chicken with Almonds Recipe |
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You will need :- 1 chicken (3½ lb.) 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped 1 onion peel of ½ lemon 4 oz. butter 4 oz. blanched almonds ½ lb. button onions 1 oz. brown sugar 1 lb. new potatoes or canned potatoes bunch watercress
Preparation Time:- 10 minutes
Cooking Time:- 1 hour 15 minutes
Oven Setting:- 400ºF; Gas Mark 6
Wipe the chicken and stand on a rack in a roasting tin. Make small nicks in the skin and insert a piece of garlic in each. Peel the onion and put inside the chicken with the lemon peel. Rub the chicken liberally with half the butter and bake in the centre of the oven for 1 hour 15 minutes. Baste well during cooking. Sprinkle with blanched almonds 15 minutes before end of cooking time.
Peel the onions and glaze in the remaining butter. Add the sugar and cook gently until browned and soft. Brown the potatoes in the same way.
Arrange chicken on serving dish with onions and potatoes round and almonds on top. Garnish with watercress. Serve with cooked carrots. Serves 4.
Quick Tip
To blanch almonds; put them into a pan of cold water, bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and drain. Cover the almonds with cold water and the skins will peel off quite easily.
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