Monday, March 10, 2008

Nigella Lawson Chicken, Sausage & Sage Bake

I don't get Nigella. She's really perky, almost as annoying (but probably only because she is not on TV here as often) as Rachel Ray. But darn it if her recipes work (like even Ms. EVOO's do)!
I clipped this out of Food & Wine last March and like always never tried it. It is also on her website. So I pulled it out last week and made it for Friday dinner (did the marination prep while getting the bread sponge ready). I was really worried that it might be kind of blah.
I used 3 big chicken leg quarters, and 5 italian sausages. Other than that, pretty much the same. I used a sheet pan instead of getting out my roasting pan.
Here is the before....


And the after...


Big accolades from everyone! The chicken was nice and crisp skinned, the flavor of the sausages and chicken flavored the onions. We dipped bread right into the pan juices on the platter. This is "a keeper" as my son likes to say.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fun stuff Erika! Thanks for sharing. Elissa

kate said...

ha! those celeb chefs! i often call RR "peppy rachael ray" which got shortened to just "peppy."