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Main course / Meat
Chicken with zest of combava
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Ingredients :

(for 4 personnes)
- 1chicken (1,5kg)
- 2 ‘heads’ of garlic
- 1 combava
- 1 sprig of fresh thyme
- Salt, pepper and oil

For the sauce:
- 1onion
- Zest of 1/2 combava
- 25cl cream
- Salt and pepper



Method :

Peel the combava and grind the zest together with garlic, salt, pepper and the sprig of thyme.
Stir together the condiments with a tablespoon of oil. Score the chicken flesh and rub some of the crushed condiments into the flesh. Place the rest of the mixture inside the chicken.
Roast the chicken for approximately an hour.
For the sauce: heat some oil in a saucepan and brown the finely chopped onion. Then, add the chopped zest of the combava and simmer for one minute. Next, pour the cream and the juice of 1/2 a combava into the saucepan.
Season with salt and pepper and allow to reduce for some time.
Serve with sautéed potatoes.