Roast Chicken

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Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients :

1 large onion (halved and sliced)
a bunch tarragon
lemon
1 small free range chicken (about 1.5kg)
butter
half a bottle dry white wine

Method :

1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas.

2. Put the onion and half the tarragon in a roasting tin. Put the lemon half and the rest of the tarragon (keeping back a few leaves) inside the cavity of the chicken. Smear some softened butter over the breast of the chicken and season well all over.

3. Sit the chicken on the onion and cook for 1 hour, then add the wine and cook for 30 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through.

4. Remove chicken and rest under foil for 15 minutes. Discard tarragon stalks and spoon off excess fat. Put the tin on the hob and let the gravy bubble up.

5. Season, add reserved tarragon leaves, cook for a couple of minutes then serve with the chicken.

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