Medieval Spit Roast Chicken
Don’t you just fancy sticking a rod through a piece of meat and roasting over an open fire until golden, dripping and tender.
Preparation time: 10 minutes Quantity: serves 4 - 5 Cooking time: 1 - 1 & 1/2 hours
Ingredients
Basting marinade -
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/2 Seville orange - juiced
5 tablespoons rich red wine
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
few twists black pepper
Chicken and Seasoning -
1 medium organic chicken – prepared
Seasoning
bunch wild soft herbs of choice (chives, parsley, sage, fennel, tarragon etc)
Method
- Make the basting sauce by whisking all the ingredients together
- Salt the chicken well, rubbing 1 teaspoon in all over
- Stuff the cavity with fresh herbs
- Brush with the basting sauce
- Place the chicken on a spit roasting rod
- Cook over an open B.B.Q or grill
- Turning ever so often, basting every 10 - 12 minutes until cooked