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Classic Roast Chicken with proper stuffing

For the stuffing

  • 3 slices of white bread
  • 3 tbsps of chopped parsley
  • 1 tbsp of chopped thyme (take the leaves off the twig in winter as it can be quite woody - or used dried thyme)
  • lemon
  • salt and pepper

For the Roast

  • 1 medium organic chicken 
  • 10 chipolata old-spot sausages
  • 1 pack dry-cure bacon (to put over the top of the chicken when roasting)

Seasonal Veg

Gravy 

Chicken Pie

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 8-10  skinless, boneless chicken thighs(about 1kg)
  • 2 onions, finely chopped
  • 2 celery sticks, finely chopped 
  • 2 carrots, finely chopped
  • 50g butter
  • 50g plain flour
  • 500ml milk
  • 1 chicken stock cube
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • small bunch of thyme, leaves picked, or use 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 375g sheet ready-rolled puff pastry

Fabulous Christmas Pudding

  • 50g blanched almonds
  • 2 large Bramley cooking apples
  • 200g box candied peel (in large pieces) 
  • 1 whole nutmeg (you'll use ¾ of it)
  • 1kg raisins
  • 140g plain flour
  • 100g soft fresh white breadcrumbs
  • 100g light muscovado sugar, crumbled if it looks lumpy
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tbsp brandy or cognac, plus extra to light the pudding
  • 250g packet  butter, taken straight from the fridge

Mushroom, shallot and squash pie

  • 25g dried porcini mushrooms
  • 600g organic shallots , halved
  • 1 tbsp organic olive oil
  • 100g organic butter
  • 1 organic squash, peeled, deseeded and diced
  • 2 organic garlic cloves , finely chopped
  • 2 tsp finely chopped rosemary
  • 2 tsp finely chopped sage
  • 250g organic fresh mushrooms (such as Portobello or chestnut) , sliced
  • 50g organic plain flour , plus a little extra for dusting
  • 500ml organic vegetable s
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