I have been trying to finish this post for a couple of weeks. Although we have been at home for the holidays, there has been plenty of activity and the interruptions are continuous. There has been golf and tennis, farm work and gardening, footy finals and shooting, rain and sunshine. We have scrambled over the Grampians
and trampled over Mt Napier.
There are lots of pretty things in the garden at the moment:
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| The Mme Alfred Carrier is the only rose flowering so far |
which was then cut up on a tray, drizzled with orange juice, a bit of orange zest, some brown sugar and roasted for 15 minutes before becoming a crumble with a few strawberries thrown in (recipe another day).
I made a really good chicken dish last week. Rave reviews. You must try this as it is sooo easy.
Preheat the oven to 200c.
Put as many chicken thighs (bone in) as you think you will need on a baking tray. Halve enough new potatoes for everyone and scatter around the chicken. I was able to dig up some from last year's potato crop in the old veggie garden.
Place strips of proscuitto over the top of the chicken and dot about some unpeeled garlic cloves and sprigs of thyme. Season with salt and pepper. Put in the oven for 20 minutes. I did this in the Roasting oven of the Aga which is very hot.
In the meantime in a small bowl mix 1 tblsp dijon mustard, the juice of 1/2 lemon and about 2/3 cup verjuice (you could use white wine). After the 20 minutes take out the chicken and pour over the verjuice mixture. Give it another 20 minutes until the chicken is golden and cooked through.
Hope your ears were twitching on Sunday when we were rabbitting on about you over a delicious lunch with Tim and Henny E-C. Roast beef, Yorkshire pud, the works. Really felt like we were in the Old Dart! S was wondering why there was nothing inside the pud - like vol au vents, I guess!
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