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Ingredients
- 50g butter, softened
- 1 tbsp chopped marjoram
- plus 5 sprigs
- Salt and pepper
- 1 free-range chicken, about 1.5kg
- 1 lemon, cut in half
- ½ whole head garlic
- Olive oil
- 8 large vine-ripened truss tomatoes
Method
Preheat oven to 200C. Mix butter with chopped marjoram and season. Remove wishbone from chicken* and carefully separate skin from the chicken breast, starting from the bottom of the chicken. Rub marjoram butter over the breast with your fingers. Place marjoram sprigs, lemon and garlic inside chicken cavity. Truss, season and drizzle chicken with a little olive oil.
* Removing the wishbone makes the chicken easier to carve once cooked but this is an optional step.
