Tropical treats

Roast chicken with pineapple salsa

Serves 6 Preparation time 20 minutes Cooking time 1½ hours

The fresh pineapple salsa complements the smoky garlic chicken perfectly. Buy a sage plant at the nursery and take it along on holiday so you can harvest fresh leaves while you cook.

You need

• 3 sprigs pineapple sage or thyme
• ¼ cup garlic butter, softened
• 1 whole chicken
• ½ teaspoon each braai salt and paprika
• 1 can (330 ml) Fanta, pineapple flavour
• ½ pineapple, peeled, core removed and chopped
• ½ red pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• ½ cup finely chopped red onion
• 1 ripe avocado, cut in blocks
• 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
• juice of ½ lemon
• fresh coriander leaves

Here’s how

1 Strip the sage leaves off the sprigs. Rub the sage and garlic butter under the skin of the chicken. Work carefully so you don’t tear the skin. Also spread some butter in the abdominal