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Apple Syrup Glazed Chicken with Cider Sauce

Preparation : 10 minutes  | Baking time : 1.5 - 2 hours | Serves 4 - 6
Apple Syrup Glazed Chicken with Cider Sauce

Ingredients

1whole chicken (2 - 3 lbs)
2carrots, chopped
1large onion, chopped
2 stalksCelery, chopped
3apples, cut into halves or quarters
-oil for brushing
To tastesalt and pepper
125 ml (1/2 cup)Cataphard Orchards & Son inc. Apple syrup

Sauce

30 ml (2 tbsp.)butter
1shallot, minced
60 ml (1/4 cup)apple cider
45 ml (3 tbsp.)Cataphard Orchards & Son inc. Apple syrup
250 ml (1 cup)veal stock
To tastesalt and pepper

Method

Apple Syrup Glazed Chicken method

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Brush chicken with oil and season. 
3. Cut vegetables and place them in a roasting pan. Place chicken on top of vegetables. 
4. Place in oven and roast for 1.5-2 hours. 
5. Baste chicken every half hour with Apple syrup. 30 minutes before it’s ready, spread apple pieces around chicken. 
6. Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes before slicing. 
7. During this time, retrieve cooking juices and mix with Apple syrup
8. Serve with cooked apples, celeriac mash and sauce. 

Cider Sauce method

1. In a non-stick pan, melt butter. Sweat shallot for 2 – 3 minutes. Deglaze with cider. Add syrup and pour in veal stock. Reduce until desired consistency. 
2. Serve immediately.

Note

• For a softer, creamier texture, add a bit of 35% cream to the sauce.
• TIP: For crispier skin, separate the chicken skin from the breast meat by carefully sliding your fingers in between. Spread butter under the skin and cook as explained above.
• Flavour your butter with Apple syrup (see turkey recipe), lemon zest, sundried tomatoes, honey, tarragon, minced garlic, etc.