bill granger's quick roast chicken with shallots and white wine

After a white weekend we enter the worst phase of British snow; the bastard-cold-but-mainly-grey-brown-slush. Not even a late afternoon blizzard-esque flurry managed to raise the mood, as it just turned into more grey slurry for me to cycle through on the way home. Thanks Blighty.

It doesn't feel like a salad night tonight, so we agree that the done thing would naturally be a roast dinner with as many roasted vegetables as we can muster. With added cheese. And illegal school-night wine:

Because Monday nights are no nights for three-hour roasts, the trick here is speed and Billy G's recipe, with it's quartered chicken, high heat and wine braise is the perfect ticket.

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quick roast chicken with white wine and shallots - Bill Granger, Delicious March 2012, p57