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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Roast chicken and pizza anybody?

 Roast chicken is easiest when you can't think of what to cook for dinner. Of course, I could easily drop by woolworths and buy one, but nothing beats home-cooked..

The market had fresh turkish bread. Its just flat bread thats oval shaped and its perfect for making pizza

 I used basil, tomatoes and mozzerella cheese. Mozzerella is really mild and milky so I added a generous sprinkle of salt on top before grilling it in the oven. It was perfect! cheesy, tomato-ey and the basil, ohh man the basil gave it everything it needed=)But something was still missing..no greens? Then came salad and roast pumpkin to the rescue..really good





Roast chicken

1 whole chicken
1 whole garlic bulb
3 tablespoons oil
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons sweet paprika powder

500g potatoes, halved (i used baby potatoes)
500g pumpkin, cut into wedges
2 sprigs of rosemary
3 tablespoons oil
juice of half a lemon
salt and pepper

Butterfly your chicken http://video.about.com/bbq/How-to-Butterfly-a-Chicken.htm
With a pestle and mortar, pound the peeled garlic with salt. Add in the oil and blend it to a smooth mixture.
Using your hands, separate the skin of the chicken around the breast and the thighs. Fill it with the garlic paste.
Season the whole chicken with salt and rub the paprika all over it.
Place the chicken on a baking tray lined with foil. 
Toss the potatoes and pumpkin with the rosemary,oil,lemon and salt and pepper. Place them around the chicken on the baking tray.
Bake this in a 180 degree oven for about 45 minutes.

1 comment:

  1. Oh my god hahah this is awesome..roast chicken especially the after cooked colour..you will be so satisfied hahahah homemade pizza, looks awesome there! I want I want!

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