Home Comforts: Georgia's Roast Chicken Dinner

GEORGIA SAYS: “Whenever I’m home on a Sunday my mum always makes me a roast. It’s my favourite meal and my perfect roast must include: roast chicken, roast gammon, crackling, roast potatoes, carrots, peas, parsnips, sweetcorn, yorkshire puddings and thick gravy!”

GEORGIA’S ROAST CHICKEN
Serves 4
Ingredients

1 x 1.6 kg chicken
2 medium onions
2 carrots
2 sticks celery
1 bulb garlic
Olive oil
1 lemon
1 bunch of fresh mixed herbs

Method

Remove the chicken from the fridge 30 minutes before you want to cook it. Preheat the oven to 240°C / 475°F / gas 9.
Wash and chop the vegetables. Break the garlic bulb into cloves, leaving them unpeeled.
Pile all the veg, garlic and herbs into the middle of a roasting tray and drizzle with oil.
Drizzle the chicken with oil and season well with sea salt and black pepper. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables.
Carefully prick the lemon all over. Put the lemon and herbs inside the chicken’s cavity.
Turn the heat down to 200°C/400°F/gas 6 and cook for 1 hour 20 minutes.
Baste the chicken halfway through cooking.
Take it out of the oven, and remove any string and the wings before carving.

Georgia plays on the Ladies European Tour. You can follow her on twitter: @georgiahall96