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# Chicken in the Heather · Rampant Scotland

Recipes

# Chicken in the Heather

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*Traditional Scottish Recipes*
 *- Chicken in the Heather*

*Here is a simple recipe using clear heather honey and other flavours to create a tasty roast chicken dish. While heather honey is the best, other clear honey will suffice.*

## Ingredients

- One whole chicken, minus giblets

3 fluid ounces (90ml or under half a cup) light cooking oil

4 fluid ounces (125g or half cup) *clear* heather honey

Salt and pepper (freshly ground black pepper if you have it)

3 ounces (100g) French mustard

Half teaspoon curry powder (yes, curry powder)

One clove chopped garlic

## Method

Place the chicken in an oven-proof casserole dish. Mix all the other ingredients together and pour over the chicken. *Cover* the dish and cook in a pre-heated oven at 375F/190C/Gas Mark 4 for an hour. Baste the chicken thoroughly with the juices and sauce and return to the oven for another half hour *uncovered*. The chicken will brown as a result. Serve with boiled or creamed/mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables.

## Source

From Rampant Scotland, restored from the page as it stood on 29 March 2023. [Original page](https://web.archive.org/web/20230329032541/http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_heather.htm).

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