Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Julie's roast crowne of chicken Food Julie's roast crowne of chicken Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 Ingredients 200g unsalted butter, room temperature Zest of 1 lemon 1⁄4 cup fresh sage leaves, finely chopped 1⁄4 cup thyme leaves, finely chopped 2 crown roast of chicken (double breast) Salt and white pepper Leek purée 3 leeks, trimmed of dark green, finely chopped or processed in a food processor (about 2 1⁄2 cups) 30g butter Method Preheat oven to 200oC. Mix butter, lemon zest and herbs until combined. Carefully separate the skin of the chicken breasts from the flesh and spread the butter with your fingers over the flesh. Tuck the skin around the edges of the crown roast. Season with salt and white pepper. Refrigerate until butter is firm (30 minutes). In an oven proof pan, brown roasts (This will take about 5 minutes). Turn crowns skin-side up and place pan in oven for 30 minutes or until chicken is tender. Baste skin with juices periodically. Serve on leek purée. Leek puree Place leeks in a large heavy-based pan and pour over enough boiling water to just cover. Boil rapidly until tender, around 3–4 minutes. Reserve liquid. Place leeks in a food processor with butter and process. Add reserved liquid a bit at a time until leeks are a smooth purée. Season to taste with salt and white pepper. Food Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 SHARE Perfect Match Nocton Bewdiful Pinot Noir 2013 $38.25 in any 12 $40.50 in any 6 $45.00 each Price | options $38.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tulloch E.M. Chardonnay 2017 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Seppeltsfield 500ml DP38 Rich Rare Venerable Solero NV $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Heggies Chardonnay 2013 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Meerea Park Indie Marsanne Roussanne 2016 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Great Escape by Thistledown Chardonnay 2017 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Soumah Pinot Noir 2017 $0.00 in any 12 $0.00 in any 6 $28.00 each Price $28.00 Per bottle Qty Add to cart Red Claw Pinot Gris 2016 $23.40 in any 12 $24.75 in any 6 $27.50 each Price | options $23.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Gapsted Wines Limited Release Sparkling Shiraz Rosé 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Pepper Tree Stonefields Vineyard Chardonnay 2015 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Carillion Estate Grown Verduzzo 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Elderton Semillon 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Indigo Umpires Decision Chardonnay 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Cumulus Six Hundred Above Chardonnay 2014 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Risky Business White Knuckle Chardonnay 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Gatt Single Vineyard Sparkling Shiraz 2007 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart x3 Peter Lehmann H&V Chardonnay 2014 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Gilbert by Simon Gilbert Riesling 2016 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Robert Oatley Margaret River Chardonnay 2016 $19.55 in any 12 $20.70 in any 6 $23.00 each Price | options $19.55 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Roasted turkey and smoked oyster stuffing Food Quick chicken cassoulet with preserved lemon Words by Lyndey Milan on 1 Jan 2017 Food Lyndey Milan’s Asian chicken wingettes