Recipe - Roasted Chicken With Whole Lemon And Ginger

2 Organic lemons
12 Cm; (5 inch) piece
; organic root
; ginger, peeled
2 teaspoon Sea salt
1 md Organic chicken
2 tablespoon Organic olive oil
150 ml Water; (5fl oz)

Preheat oven to 190 C, 375 F, Gas Mark 5.

Grate one of the lemons and place the zest in a bowl.

Grate the root ginger and mix with the lemon zest and the salt.

Prick the remaining lemon with a fork punchuring the skin, wash and place
the whole lemon inside the chicken.

Mix the remaining mixture with the olive oil and rub into the chicken
liberally. Place the chicken on a roasting rack over a roasting tray. Fill
with the water and cover with tin foil. Cook the chicken according to pack
istructions.

Remove the tin foil 15 minutes before end of cooking time to brown skin.

Remove the chicken from the oven, allow to rest for approxinmately 510
minutes,Remove the lemon from inside the chicken and being very careful
squeeze any remaining juices into the bottom of the roasting tin.

Carefully remove any fat from the surface of the juices and discard.

Pour the remaining juice into a small pan and taste for flavour. (If it is
too sharp add 12 tablespoons of caster sugar and stir until it dissolves
over a gentle heat). Carve the chicken and arrrange on a serving plate.
Pour the juices over the meat.

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NOTES : Organic baked chicken with whole lemon and fresh ginger.Excellent
with whole roast tomatoes and fresh watercress.

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