A Summers Delight: Boozy Roasted Chicken with Muscadel and Grapes
Ah summer is over, and we are into our second month of Autumn. To be completely honest I am glad summer is over. This was my hottest summer I had ever experience. Very stupidly, we moved to Worcester just the beginning of December. If anyone knows Worcester,it gets really really hot!! If you don’t know Worcester, it can easily get to 45°C – 47°C. You know you have acclimatized when when you noticeably say: “Wow today is lovely and cool and the temperature is staggering 31°C!
Not all is bad! Summer produces some of my favourite fruits, grapes, watermelon, peaches, strawberries and pineapples. And #1 ICE-CREAM, however I never need an excuse to eat ice cream.
Fruit can be a magical accompaniment with meat – you get a lovely sweet and savoury combination, adding some red muscadel, adds another level to the accompaniment.
The original recipe called for Sherry, which I didn’t have so I opted to use a Red Muscadel from De Wet Cellars instead. My opinion… it was an excellent choice!
The grapes used for this muscadel was handpicked. The strong raisiny flavours pairs perfectly well with the grapes in this recipe.
You can serve this with mash potatoes or brown Basmati rice and a lovely green salad. Just nice and light for summer but packed with flavour.
Well enough chatting my friends- I am sure you itching for the recipe.
As always we love to hear from you – in the comments below tell us what is your favourite fruit and meat pairing? Or what is your favourite summer dish?
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So much delicious food, so little time. Apricots are interesting with meat. Probably because they are a little bit sour
Yes especially if you use dried apricots in a curry. Turkish apricots are super sweet and pairs so well with pork or venison.
Yes especially if you use dried apricots in a curry. Turkish apricots are super sweet and pairs so well with pork or venison.