Don’t you just love it when you’re out enjoying yourself, as I was at the blogger Xmas party last weekend, and in the meantime someone is preparing dinner for when I get home? It’s not a daily occurrence so I quietly relish the treat any time it happens. Given the amount of recipes in magazines and books floating around the house it’s also good to see them being used once in a while.
Here’s a quick and easy one Mr K whipped up from the Gourmet Traveller back catalogue, with his own adaptation. It’s a very tasty dish
cider roasted chicken with prosciutto, apple & potato
- 500 g chat potatoes, thickly sliced
- 6 small brown onions, left unpeeled
- 2 pink lady apples, cut into wedges
- 8-10 thyme sprigs, plus 1 tbsp extra leaves
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 4 chicken Marylands, skin on
- 4 thin slices prosciutto
- 100 ml dry apple cider
- 1/3 cup chicken stock
- 2 tbsp cider vinegar
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Preheat oven to 220°C.
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Combine potato, onion, apple, thyme sprigs and 60 ml oil in a roasting pan, season well and roast for 10-15 minutes.
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Meanwhile season the chicken and scatter with thyme leaves. Wrap each chicken piece with a slice of prosciutto, place on top of the potato mixture, drizzle with remaining oil.
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Add cider and stock to the pan and roast until the chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender (20-30 minutes). Stir through the vinegar.
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The apple flavours in this, sound so complimentary John…lucky you! Great catching up on the weekend!
Peter G @ Souvlaki For The Soul recently posted..Photo Friday-Salad Days
aw i want a boy that makes me dinner when i go out! swap for a day?
chocolatesuze recently posted..Sydney Food Bloggers Christmas Picnic 43
aww aren’t you a lucky one? All the Pom will cook is Spag Bo! Ok ok, I should give him more credit, there was actually a banana Victoria Sandwich waiting for me when I got home from the picnic! What are we gonna do without these boys at home huh?
billy@a table for two recently posted..Attica – Ripponlea- Melbourne VIC
i feel like chicken tonight! heh. methinks you could partake in a picnic more often
hey at least you came back with dessert? 
Helen (grabyourfork) recently posted..On The Pier- Batemans Bay and Moruya Markets
Noone was going to be cooking in our house after the picnic so we went out for tea. Is it alcoholic apple cider your using (sorry for the dumb question, but I’m a cooking spaz)?
MelbaToast recently posted..Gingerbread House Village
Kudos to Mr K for preparing such a knock out dish! I love how he’s wrapped it with prosciutto.
Hi Melanie, yes it was alcoholic
Mmm – what’s not to love about this dish? Love the sound of combining cider, prosciutto and apple. Maybe best downed with extra cider
Forager @ The Gourmet Forager recently posted..Spicing it up at Zaaffran
This is awsome dish, didn’t get a chance to talk to u last Sat but it was nice meeting you. thinking of making ur recipe but replace with chicken fillet instead. too lazy to chew the bones =p
I think I need a Mr K, you lucky thing. Nice catching up with you on Sat.
Sara & Belly Rubmles recently posted..Daring Cooks’ Challenge- December – Poach to Perfection
Almost every time I read your blog I find a dish to bookmark (and I don’t do that on too many even though the dishes look great). You must tap into my food psyche! Love the new header photo montage btw.
Sarah at For the Love of Food recently posted..Xmas cookbook wishlist
I love dishes that you can bake all in one which lets you do other things while the food is cooking. This looks very delicious.
Susan recently posted..Cafe Sopra 2
Cooked this recipe for dinner tonight. Great flavours from the cider!
Richard Elliot recently posted..Restaurant Review- Eathouse Diner- Redfern
Nice one! Good to hear