Ingredients
1 tablespoon thyme
1 tablespoon rosemary
1 tablespoon + extra lavender
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 teaspoons marjoram
1 garlic clove, minced
1 shallot, minced
1 bag of baby carrots
1/4 cup aged balsamic vinegar
1 whole roasting chicken (chicken pieces, or smaller poultry such as a poussin, quail or cornish hen)
Preparation
- Season roaster with salt and pepper. Cut slits into skin and stuff with extra lavender blossoms
- add raw carrots to bottom of roasting pan
- roast @350 for 1/2 hour
- meanwhile put rest of ingredients in a non-reactive bowl and mix
- after first 30 minutes, baste chicken with mixture, making sure to get inside slits under skin.
- continue to baste as the chicken cooks