Roast chicken with Green Pesto, lemon salsa, and garlic potatoes
Give your next roast dinner a zesty, Mediterranean makeover with lemon, garlic and Josefa’s Pesto basil sauce! Roasting the chicken and lemons together ensures wonderfully fragrant meat, while the sweet, roasted garlic is perfect for flavouring the crisp, golden potatoes and adding to the fresh JOSEFA Basil Pesto.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Put the chicken in a roasting tin and stuff the lemon quarters into the cavity. Rub 1 tbsp of the oil over the skin and season well. Add the lemon halves to the tin and roast for 30 mins.
- Meanwhile, put the potatoes in a separate roasting tin with the pared lemon rind, garlic cloves and 2 tbsp oil. Season and toss together. Rub the 1 tsp oil over the whole bulb of garlic and add to the tin.
- After 30 mins, transfer the potatoes to the oven and cook (alongside the chicken) for 35 mins until the garlic bulb is soft; remove the bulb and set aside. Turn both roasting tins and continue cooking for a further 30 mins until the potatoes are golden and tender, the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear from the thickest part of the thigh. Remove both tins from the oven, cover the chicken with foil and set aside to rest for 10 mins.
- Meanwhile prepare JOSEFA Pesto Sauce by putting the needed amount of pesto into a saucepan and heat on medium heat, add fresh milk and mix with a wooden spoon until it becomes a creamy sauce.
- Pour the chicken juices into a jug, leave to settle, then skim off and discard the fat. Carve the meat and serve with the potatoes, garlic cloves, JOSEFA Pesto Sauce and steamed greens.
NOTES
Tip: Roasting lemon gives a deeper, less acidic flavour as the natural sugars caramelise. This recipe is dairy-free.
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