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    Roast chicken with creamed leeks & Parmesan parsnips

    • Preparation time: 15 minutes
    • Cooking time: 90 minutes
    • Total time: 1 hour 45 minutes

    Serves: 4

    Ingredients

    1.5kg whole free range chicken
    2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
    3 tsp Dijon mustard
    25g pack chives, chopped
    4 parsnips, quartered
    2 tbsp oil
    2 tbsp Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan), grated
    4 leeks, washed and sliced
    200g tub Yeo Valley Organic Half Fat Crème Fraîche 

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark 6. Place the chicken in a large roasting tin.

    2. Mix 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard with 2 tsp Dijon and half the chives. Loosen the skin over the chicken breast and spoon the mustard mixture under the skin smoothing the surface out. Roast for 1 hour.

    3. Cook the parsnips in boiling water for 5 minutes, drain and toss in 1 tbsp oil and the Parmigiano Reggiano. Remove most of the excess juices from the chicken tin and arrange parsnips around the chicken. Roast for a further 30 minutes. (Loosely cover the chicken with foil if it looks too dark).

    4. Mix the remaining wholegrain mustard and 1 tsp Dijon and brush over the whole chicken 10 minutes before the end of cooking.

    5. Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and fry the leeks, covered for 5-6 minutes. Stir in the crème fraîche and remaining chives then season. Check the chicken is cooked through (with no pink meat) and serve with the parsnips. 

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    Try roasting potatoes in Parmesan instead of the parsnips. 

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