Sunday Lunch

One of my favourite thing to do is Sunday lunch. People are relaxed, there's no 'I've got to do something/go somewhere after' and it gives me Saturday to prepare.








Roast Chicken

Ingredients
1 whole chicken
1 bunch rosemary
1 bunch thyme
1 head of garlic
1/2 a lemon
balsamic vinegar
olive oil
salt and pepper

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200c. Make a slit where the legs start from the body and where the wings start. Put the chicken into a roasting pan.

2. Break the garlic into cloves, there's no need to peel. Take the leaves off 2 springs of the rosemary and thyme.

3. Stuff the cavity with lemon, rosemary, thyme and garlic, reserving a few garlic cloves. Rub salt, pepper, rosemary leaves and thyme leaves onto the chicken. Brush with olive oil.

4. Bake for 1 1/2 - 2hrs. Checking and basting with the juices from the pan every 30mins.

5. In the last 20mins of baking, brush the chicken with balsamic vinegar - this will give it colour. Brush again in the last 10mins.