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Roasted chicken and squash with pomegranate glaze

This roasted chicken and squash with pomegranate glaze is a wonderful dish for a special roast dinner. Serve it with some extra veggies or a green salad and mashed potatoes.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium chicken
  • 2 Tbsp chopped sage
  • 2 cloves of garlic pressed
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 Tbsp butter or dairy free spread
  • 400 ml pomegranate juice
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 small butternut squash
  • salt and pepper
  • ½ pomegranate seeds only
  • Sage leaves

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  2. Mix the butter, sage, garlic and salt, then rub the chicken with this inside out.
  3. Cut the lemon in half, put it in the cavity, together with a couple of sage leaves.
  4. Place the chicken in a roasting dish. Cut the squash into bite-sized chunks, scatter them around the chicken. Use up all the butter and crumble it over the squash.
  5. Put the tray in the oven. Roast for about 75 minutes.
  6. In the meantime create the glaze. Pour the pomegranate juice into a pan (you can add a spoonful of sugar, if the juice is sugar-free). Squeeze in the juice of the other half the lemon. Heat it up on the stove and let it bubble until you get a thick syrup that coats the back of a spoon.
  7. Remove the chicken from the oven and evenly spreads the glaze over the chicken with a silicon brush. Season well with freshly ground peppercorn.
  8. Roast for another 15 minutes or so until the chicken is cooked through. Rest for 10 minutes before carving.
  9. Serve the chicken & squash with the leftover syrup and pomegranate seeds scattered over it.