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Foodie Thursday: Chicken with Walnut Pesto and Pomegranate

Resident chef Nigel Barden is here with today's mouth-watering 'Foodie Thursday' dish: Chicken with Walnut Pesto & Pomegranate. Scroll down to find the recipe.

Plus, Simon has another one of your confessions for the collective to mull over.

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Chicken with Walnut Pesto & Pomegranate

by Xanthe Clay from The Contented Cook (Kyle Books)

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Serves 4

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 25 mins

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Ingredients

4 chicken legs, or 1 whole chicken, jointed

1 tbsp honey

2 red onions, each peeled & cut into eight wedges, & tossed in a little olive oil

Walnut pesto (see below)

Seeds from 陆 pomegranate

Salt

Pomegranate molasses (optional)

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Method

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1.听 Preheat the oven to 200掳C/gas mark 6. Rub the chicken with honey & a pinch of salt, & put in a large roasting tin surrounded by the onions in a single layer.

2.听 Roast for 25 mins. Serve the chicken & onions with the walnut pesto, & a generous scattering of pomegranate arils, plus a trickle of pomegranate molasses if you have it.

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For The Walnut Pesto:

Ingredients

Leaves from a large bunch of parsley

110g shelled walnuts

110ml olive oil

Salt

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Method

1.听 Put the parsley & walnuts in a food processor with a fat pinch of salt. With the motor running, dribble in the oil, chopping the ingredients coarsely.

2.听 Stop while it is still a very rough paste. (This mixture will last at least two days in the fridge.)

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Apr 2015 17:05
    91热爆 Radio 2