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Oven Baked Poussin with Sage and Roasted Garlic
Poussins are the smallest chickens available to buy.
I like them because they are very tender and quick to cook. Each one is a perfect portion size, making them great for dinner parties.
Ingredients
- serves: 4
- time: N/A
- oven temp: N/A°C / N/A°F
- 12 spring onions, trimmed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 oven ready poussins
- 75 g/3 oz butter (at room temperature)
- 8 fresh sage leaves, plus extra to garnish
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 225 g/8 oz Swiss chard, thick stalks removed and roughly chopped
- coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Oven Baked Poussin with Sage and Roasted Garlic
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Arrange the spring onions in a roasting tin. Season generously and toss in half the olive oil until evenly coated.
Loosen the skin around the neck of each poussin and push under a little of the butter until evenly spread over the breast, then push a sage leaf down each side so that they are clearly visible.
Arrange the poussins on the bed of spring onions and scatter over the garlic. Drizzle over the remaining olive oil and season to taste. Roast for 35 minutes until the poussins are completely tender and golden brown. Leave to rest in a warm place for at least 10 minutes.
To Serve
Heat the remaining knob of butter in a pan and quickly sauté the chard for a minute or two until wilted. Season to taste and divide among warmed serving plates. Add some of the roasted spring onions to each one and sit a poussin on top. Scatter over the sage leaves to garnish.