Chef and food writer Claire Thomson has appeared on Saturday Kitchen and Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Her latest cookbook, One Pan Chicken (£20, Quadrille), is out now. @5oclockapron
Whole roast chicken with lemon, garlic, fennel & bay
If there is one simple version of whole roast chicken that I cook most often and without all that much forethought or preparation, it is probably this. With Italy in mind, the chicken is cooked with lemons, fennel and garlic – some indecently crisp roasted potatoes and a pile of simply cooked seasonal greens with lemon and olive oil alongside would be perfect, I think. I was probably aged around 11
