Roast chicken with rosemary salt & figs
Felicity Cloake
Ripe figs and aromatic rosemary bring the perfume of the Mediterranean to this simple roast
Recipe Meta
Prep
5 mins (plus marinating)
Cook
35 mins
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 1½ tbsp coarse flaky salt
- 4 sprigs of rosemary, leaves picked
- 1 unwaxed orange, zest and juice
- 4 chicken legs
- 6 ripe figs
Method
Rub together the salt, rosemary leaves and orange zest. Scatter two thirds over the chicken, cover and leave to sit in a cool place for an hour (or overnight in the fridge).
When you’re ready to cook, heat the oven to 220C and quarter the figs. Toss the chicken in a shallow roasting tin with a glug of extra virgin olive oil and scatter over the figs. Bake for 15 mins until golden then turn the heat down to 180C and bake for 20-25 mins more, until cooked through.
Squeeze over a spritz of orange juice and a little more of the salt if required.
Image: John Holdship
