Printable Recipe: Somerset Cider and Honey Chicken

Somerset Cider & Honey Chicken

This English Christmas dinner recipe comes to you straight from the 18th Century. Though the list of ingredients is small, the finished product is tender, juicy, and flavorful. If you want an old-fashioned Christmas dinner, this English recipe will take you right back in time-- they were eating it in England 300 years ago!

This recipe is old and English and really wonderful, but if you're looking for something more traditional for Christmas... roast a turkey. A roasted turkey is a big part of an English Christmas dinner. Serves 4.

Ingredients:
4 joints of chicken (whole leg/thighs)
2 tsp. dry mustard powder
1/2 tsp. salt
black pepper
1/4 pint English cider (the sparkling, alcoholic kind)
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tbsp. honey

Instructions: 1. Place joints of chicken in a non-reactive bowl or casserole dish in a single layer.

2. Combine mustard, salt, pepper, cider, oil, and honey. Pour over the chicken and marinate for at least one hour.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake chicken in large casserole dish or roasting pan about one hour. Baste the chicken with pan drippings occasionally.

4. Skin of chicken will be brown and crisp when done (see photo). Serve hot.