Hope your weekend was a relaxing one. We visited my parents, went to the cottage, cooked and baked, and enjoyed the fireplace and good wine. Being outside of the city, we even got a little sneak preview of winter. First snow of the season was early this year. The snow is all gone now but the weekend was gorgeously white.
The colder weather is a great inspiration for cozy bakes and roasts. I love the simplicity of this recipe. Chicken and potatoes roast with lemon, rosemary and garlic simply in one dish, and dinner is ready in less than an hour. This recipe among a few other recipes of mine are featured this months on a brand new online magazine G2Kitchen. The first issue came out Friday, and I'm so happy to be a contributor in this wonderful project all about love for food. Take a look at the fall issue and what the lovely team has put together.
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 8 chicken legs
- 1 lemon
- 1 pound (450 g) potatoes
- 10 cloves garlic
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- fresh rosemary
- coarse salt & pepper
- glass of dry white wine
Put chicken legs into a roasting dish. Cut potatoes and lemon into wedges. Add in the wedges and peeled garlic cloves. You can half some of the largest cloves.
Add in olive oil, coarsely chopped rosemary, salt and pepper and toss until all the ingredients are evenly coated. Pour in a glass of dry white wine. Bake at 400 F (200 C) for 40-50 minutes until tender, fragrant and beautifully browned.
Congratulations Tiina! And it's already snowing!? It's pretty cold here but no snow yet...
Posted by: Sasa | October 18, 2010 at 03:34 PM
Yum - looks perfect for autumn/winter - it's getting very cold in England so could be just the thing to warm me up! Lovely flavours: lemon, garlic and rosemary are a fab combination.
Posted by: Sharon | October 18, 2010 at 03:37 PM
That is wonderful, Tiina! It is spring here now but I would not mind having this delicious dish for lunch!
Posted by: Patricia Scarpin | October 18, 2010 at 04:33 PM
Wow, that looks so good. And it sounds really simple to make. I wish it was snowing here! Thanks!
Posted by: Aly | October 18, 2010 at 04:34 PM
You know I love it!! Go G2K girls!
Posted by: Juls @ Juls' Kitchen | October 18, 2010 at 04:43 PM
Hi Tina,
I tried to follow that link and landed somewhere weird...
Love this recipe idea. :)
Posted by: Jbird | October 18, 2010 at 06:40 PM
Don't you just love the smell of roast chicken? I baked some last week and I agree, a perfect cozy fall meal. I bet this was delicious with rosemary!
Posted by: Nicole | October 18, 2010 at 07:10 PM
Yum I love how much garlic is in this recipe. <3
Posted by: Cd Star | October 18, 2010 at 08:32 PM
Sasa, yep. We got some snow last weekend. Quite a surprise.
Sharon, I love how the flavors worked with chicken!
Patricia, lovely to see you here dear! You could make a spring version of this for sure. Maybe by replacing the potatoes with something springy like asparagus.
Aly, I love dinner recipes with only a few ingredients and short instructions:)
Juls, thanks! xx
Jbird, thanks for pointing out the wrong link. I fixed it - the link there will take you to G2Kitchen now. Sorry about that! Thank you for the kind words!
Nicole, oh yes. The smell is so lovely. It's so cozy and perfect for this season.
Cd Star, ten cloves is pretty bold but works so well in this dish. The cloves are so soft and almost sweet after roasting. Thank you so much for the comment!
Posted by: tiina | October 18, 2010 at 08:50 PM
Tiina, this looks incredible. Snow, already...Crazy.
Posted by: Tracy | October 18, 2010 at 09:12 PM
today is the first day I wore a sweater to work this fall, so yes, this looks very appropriate. Thanks, Tiina!
Posted by: Anna | October 19, 2010 at 03:24 AM
This looks apt to battle the cold snow-like weather. I am headed to Norway tomorrow and perhaps I should be preparing for a winter wonderland...
xoxo
bianca
Posted by: bianca | October 19, 2010 at 07:31 AM
Tracy, thank you! Thank goodness the snow didn't stick around yet!
Anna, this and sweater kind of weather go together perfectly!:)
Bianca, Norway! That's wonderful. Can't wait to hear all about it!
Posted by: tiina | October 19, 2010 at 02:59 PM
Sounds like you had such a beautiful weekend! Oh wow first snow in the year...that is soooo awesome!! I hope and pray that my plan to spend the holiday season in europe comes true!! This recipe is yummiiiieee ~ i will really have to give this a try! Thanks so much for sharing and have a lovely merry happy week! Love to you!
Posted by: Jacqueline | October 19, 2010 at 03:33 PM
This looks great! Could it be used with boneless chicken breasts? My bf has an aversion to bones
Posted by: Elizabeth | October 20, 2010 at 12:49 AM
Elizabeth - Oh yes, boneless chicken fillets would work great too. In that case, let the potatoes cook for a while and add the chicken a bit later just enough for them to cook so they won't dry.
Posted by: tiina | October 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM
This is less of a recipe than a way of life. Lovely post and pic as always.
Posted by: Sally | October 20, 2010 at 02:22 PM
Oh my gosh, your photos make me swoon! Beautiful and delicious.
Posted by: Missy | October 20, 2010 at 11:39 PM
Thanks, Sally and Missy. You're always so wonderful!
Posted by: tiina | October 21, 2010 at 05:11 PM
what a simple, yet beautiful dish. it looks delicious!
Posted by: LimeCake | October 22, 2010 at 07:53 AM
Any idea of what I can use instead of dry white wine? Maybe chicken stock??
Posted by: Mary DK | June 30, 2011 at 05:37 PM
Thanks for sharing this! It looks so delicious. I'm going to try my hand at this recipe for tomorrow's dinner! Super excited!
Posted by: JC | August 10, 2011 at 08:20 PM
We made this tonight -- only made it in the crockpot! Thanks for a great recipe.
Posted by: SnoWhite @ Finding Joy in My Kitchen | August 31, 2011 at 02:58 AM
i'm hoping i eliminate the white wine. we never have any in the house. we are making this tonight so we'll see.
Posted by: Nichelle | September 13, 2011 at 02:02 AM
nevermind we are going to buy some. can't wait to try it!!!!!
Posted by: Nichelle | September 13, 2011 at 02:08 AM
I made this last night and it was good! The wedges seemed to take longer than the chicken though so I might parboil them next time...
Posted by: Joanna | September 24, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Just slid this in the oven. Had to use chicken stock instead of wine though. I can't wait till my house smells like yummy roasted chicken. So perfect for fall!! Thanx!!
Posted by: Elicia | October 04, 2011 at 08:51 PM
Hi there! Last night I made this recipe and I loved it, if you want, you can visit my post mentioning you in my blog: gabhousewife.blogspot.com
Thanks for the recipe, I loved it, and my husband too!
Posted by: Gaby Godoy De Porras | October 06, 2011 at 11:32 PM
Im trying this tonight! sounds sooo yummy :) Do you think I could use chicken stock instead of the white wine? thanks!
Posted by: Angelina | October 14, 2011 at 01:35 AM
This is exactly the kind of easy, one pan recipe I was looking for. Am off to the store right now. Will be sure to link to this post when I put up a picture and share. Thank you!
Posted by: Kylie | November 08, 2011 at 11:03 PM