Moroccan roast chicken with apricots
Come rain or shine, serve up this sumac-marinated spatchcocked bird, that can be barbecued or oven cooked, with a sweet, fruity accompaniment
Roast parsnip, quince & caramelised onion salad with preserved lemon
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 2-3 quinceshalved lengthways, woody cores cut away, chopped into thick slices (drop into water with a squeeze of lemon juice while preparing, to stop them browning)
- 500g parsnipspeeled and cut into long wedges
- 4 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp ground turmericplus 2 pinches
- 2 balls stem gingerfrom a jar, finely chopped, plus 4 tbsp syrup from the jar
- 50g whole almondswith skins
- 350g giant couscous
- 2 onionssliced
- 2 preserved lemonsfrom a jar, halved, seedy middles discarded and skin diced
- juice 3 lemons
- small pack flat-leaf parsleyroughly chopped
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal674
- fat20g
- saturates2g
- carbs98g
- sugars20g
- fibre15g
- protein17g
- salt0.1g
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and put a large saucepan of water on to boil. Boil the quinces for 20-25 mins until almost tender when poked with a knife. Drain well, then leave sitting in the colander to steam- dry. Repeat with the parsnips, but only boil for 3-4 mins before draining.
step 2
Mix 2 tbsp of the oil, half the cumin seeds, the turmeric, 1 tbsp ginger syrup and some seasoning in a big roasting tin. Toss in the steam-dried parsnips and quinces, then roast for 25 mins until golden, caramelising and tender. Tip the almonds onto a baking tray and toast for 5 mins in the oven after the veg comes out.
step 3
Meanwhile, cook the couscous following pack instructions, with 2 pinches turmeric in the water, then drain well. Slowly cook the onions in the remaining 2 tbsp oil with remaining cumin seeds until really soft, golden and beginning to caramelise.
step 4
Whisk the remaining 3 tbsp ginger syrup with the chopped ginger, chopped preserved lemons, lemon juice and plenty of seasoning. Tip the couscous, roasted vegetables, caramelised onions and chopped parsley onto a serving platter or into a big bowl. Roughly chop the toasted almonds a few times, then add them too, before drizzling over the lemon dressing. Toss everything together well and serve. Any leftovers will taste great the next day.
