Ah, the Jamie Oliver proper Sunday Feast. Went with the roast chicken one (pg 196) this time. Used a 4 1/2 lb chicken from sprouts and just rosemary for herbs (with an H, mind you). Basted around 40 minutes in, then somehow shut the oven off for 20 or so minutes before realizing what happened. So all told, the chicken was in for probably 1:45 or so. Probably would have needed less time had we left the oven on. And, we didn't take the bird out a half hour before starting (go donkies!) so that could have contributed too. But, it was really juicy and delicious chicken.
Did the roasted potatoes, carrots and parsley root (wtf, right? no parsnips at sprouts). We didn't have garlic though. Still turned out pretty well. Some of the veggies got a bit cooked though.
This time, we did make the consistently good gravy (pg 205). And it was quite delicious, although we deviated from the recipe a bit. Mashed the veg, poured in 3/4 c wine (or so), boiled a bit, added most of a quart of stock, boiled/simmered for a while. Then added some corn starch to thicken a smidge. There wasn't really much fat to skim off the veg so I didn't really bother with this step.
And finally, in case that wasn't enough to make (all before Julia's bedtime!), we did Yorkshire puddings again. They turned out only ok. We used the top oven, which might not have been good. And I accidentally opened the door a couple times (tisk). And they were a bit overcooked. But, the ones that weren't too cooked and puffed up (all 6 of them) were pretty good.
And now, sitting on the couch with a glass of wine relaxing a bit before carving the rest of the bird and getting stuff together for stock. Which will happen in a couple days.
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