Classic Roast Chicken with Sage and Onion stuffing

Name: Classic Roast Chicken with Sage and Onion stuffing
Ingredients: 1 x 1.5–1.8kg chicken, giblets removed and trussed; 25g butter; ½ lemon; 100ml white wine or vermouth (optional); sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; 15g butter; 1 large onion, finely chopped; zest of ½ lemon; 5 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped, or 1 tsp dried sage; 100g breadcrumbs; 1 egg; 200g sausage meat; 1 apple, grated; a few sprigs of thyme, finely chopped; 1 tbsp flour; 100ml white wine; 300ml chicken stock; 1 large cauliflower, cut into florets; 500ml whole milk; 2 bay leaves; 1 mace blade; a few peppercorns; 30g butter; 30g plain flour; ½ tsp mustard powder; pinch of cayenne; 100g Cheddar or Gruyère, grated; sea salt and white pepper

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A chicken is everyone’s favourite Sunday dinner. There are so many ways of cooking it, but after many decades of practising we find this is the best method and really reliable We’ve included two...

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