Cookbook:Roast Chicken on Salt

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This is an old family recipe for chicken on salt from Russia.

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, plucked and dressed
• 1 lemon, quartered
• 4 peeled cloves of garlic
• several sprigs of fresh rosemary
• 1 kg salt

Procedure

1. Stuff the chicken with the quartered lemon, garlic and rosemary.
2. Bind the chicken ready for roasting.
3. Fill a baking tray with the salt and place the chicken on top.
4. Roast for 90 minutes at 190° C. The flesh should be moist and the skin crisp.