Ingredients
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/4 pound butter plus one cube
- 1 roasting chicken
- 1 sprig parsley
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Mash 2 cloves of garlic and blend with 1/4 pound butter. Let this stand for 1/2 hour. Meanwhile, chop 2 more cloves of garlic very fine and sprinkle them inside the cavity of a chicken. Add the parsley and the cube of butter and close the vent with foil. Truss the chicken well.
- Melt the garlic butter, add the lemon juice and salt and pepper. Roast the chicken on a spit, basting it frequently with the melted butter mixture.
- Serve this highly flavored fowl with noodles dressed with butter and cheese, celery sticks and toasted herbed bread. Split a loaf of French bread and spread it with butter to which you have added parsley, chives and rosemary. Toast until heated through and crisp. Choose a robust Chianti to drink with this garlicky chicken.
