Roast chicken with pancetta stuffing
Take the panic out of Christmas lunch with this splendid turkey-free dish
Difficulty and servings
Serves 8
Easily doubled
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes, plus resting- Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Peel and chop the onion and garlic. Make the stuffing for the chickens by whizzing the breadcrumbs, onion and garlic in a food processor. Stir in the pancetta and season.
- Stuff the neck end of the chickens with the stuffing, smooth the skin back over and secure with a cocktail stick. Put both chickens in a large roasting tin and smear them with butter. Season, then put in the oven for 1-11/2 hours.
- Check the chickens are cooked through, then transfer to a board to rest and cover with foil. To make the gravy, sit the chicken roasting tin over a medium flame on the hob and stir in 2 tbsp plain flour and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the white wine and the chicken stock. Bring to a simmer and bubble for 5 minutes.
- Carve the chickens and serve with roasties and root vegetables.
Recipe from olive magazine, January 2009.
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 8
Easily doubled
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes, plus restingIngredients
- 2 x medium organic chicken (about 1.8kg each)
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 125g white breadcrumbs
- 125g diced pancetta
- butter
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1 glass white wine
- 300ml chicken stock





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