Name: Roast chicken with couscous stuffing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 1 chicken free range; 1/4 cup Dijon mustard; 1/4 cup honey; 1/2 cup couscous cooked; 130 g courgettes grated; 2 Tbs sunflower oil; 50 g dried cranberries; 1/2 cup blanched and peeled; hazelnuts roughly chopped; lemon zest and juice; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Ingredients (11)

1	chicken — free range
1/4 cup	Dijon mustard
1/4 cup	honey

STUFFING:

1/2 cup	couscous — cooked
130 g	courgettes — grated
2 Tbs	sunflower oil
50 g	dried cranberries
1/2 cup	blanched and peeled
	hazelnuts — roughly chopped
	lemon — zest and juice
	sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 200ºC.

Combine the honey and the mustard.
Heat the sunflower oil and sauté the courgettes over medium heat until semi-cooked.

Combine all the stuffing ingredients and press into the cavity of the chicken.

Season the skin and rub with honey/mustard glaze.

Roast the chicken breast-side down for 30 minutes and then turn it breast-side up and roast for one hour.

Text and image:Fairlady

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