Haitian Roast Chicken with Two Stuffings from Caribbean Food Made Easy by Levi Roots

Ingredients

• 2 very ripe plantains, peeled and sliced
• 2 plum tomatoes, quartered
• 1.6 kg (3½ lb) roasting chicken 30 g (1 oz) butter
• 2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 350 ml (12 fl oz) chicken stock
• salt and pepper
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• 2 spring onions, chopped
• 4 tbsp rum
• 50 g (1¾ oz) butter
• generous grating of nutmeg
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3 slices of white bread, made into breadcrumbs
• leaves from 4 sprigs of thyme zest and juice of 1 lime
• 2 tbsp rum
• 2 tsp soft light brown or demerara sugar