Originally from www.jamieoliver.com
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg higher-welfare chicken
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- olive oil
- ½ stick cinnamon
- 1 good handful fresh sage, leaves picked
- zest of 2 lemons
- 10 cloves garlic, skin left on
- 2.5 cups milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5, and find a snug-fitting pot for the chicken.
- Season it generously all over, and fry it in a little olive oil, turning the chicken to get an even colour all over, until golden.
- Remove from the heat, put the chicken on a plate, and throw away the oil left in the pot. This will leave you with tasty sticky goodness at the bottom of the pan which will give you a lovely caramel flavour later on.
- Put your chicken back in the pot with the rest of the ingredients, and cook in the preheated oven for 1½ hours. Baste with the cooking juice when you remember. The lemon zest will sort of split the milk, making a sauce which is absolutely fantastic.
- To serve, pull the meat off the bones and divide it onto your plates. Spoon over plenty of juice and the little curds.
- Serve with wilted spinach or greens and some mashed potato.
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