Ingredients

For the salad:
  • 1 x 2 kilo chicken, spatchcocked
  • 50ml olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 8 – 10 sprigs of tarragon
  • 1 fennel, cored and sliced
  • 1 radicchio, sliced
  • 1 chicory, sliced
  • 12 radishes, sliced
For the chutney:
  • 6 plums stoned and quartered
  • 1 shallot, peeled and diced
  • 50ml white wine vinegar
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
For the dressing:
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 25 ml Balsamic vinegar
  • Leaves of 6 – 8 sprigs tarragon
To serve:
  • 125g Mozzarella

Method

Pre heat the oven to 200°C.

Put the chicken onto a roasting tray, score the top, drizzle with oil, sprinkle with tarragon leaves, season and pop in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes.

Meanwhile put the plums, vinegar, sugar, shallot and star anise into a pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15- 20 minutes until the plums have broken down. Remove the star anise and the cinnamon stick then season.

Add the fennel, chicory and radicchio into a bowl of iced water, then drain and shake off the water. This will ensure your salad is crunchy.

Place into another bowl along with the sliced radishes. Season, drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar, stir it all together so the dressing coats all the leaves evenly, then add the tarragon and fennel tops if you have them.

On a large platter pile on the salad with the chicken and spoon over the plum sauce. Garnish with freshly torn mozzarella.

Ingredients

For the salad:
  • 1 x 2 kilo chicken, spatchcocked
  • 50ml olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 8 – 10 sprigs of tarragon
  • 1 fennel, cored and sliced
  • 1 radicchio, sliced
  • 1 chicory, sliced
  • 12 radishes, sliced
For the chutney:
  • 6 plums stoned and quartered
  • 1 shallot, peeled and diced
  • 50ml white wine vinegar
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
For the dressing:
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 25 ml Balsamic vinegar
  • Leaves of 6 – 8 sprigs tarragon
To serve:
  • 125g Mozzarella

Method

Pre heat the oven to 200°C.

Put the chicken onto a roasting tray, score the top, drizzle with oil, sprinkle with tarragon leaves, season and pop in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes.

Meanwhile put the plums, vinegar, sugar, shallot and star anise into a pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15- 20 minutes until the plums have broken down. Remove the star anise and the cinnamon stick then season.

Add the fennel, chicory and radicchio into a bowl of iced water, then drain and shake off the water. This will ensure your salad is crunchy.

Place into another bowl along with the sliced radishes. Season, drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar, stir it all together so the dressing coats all the leaves evenly, then add the tarragon and fennel tops if you have them.

On a large platter pile on the salad with the chicken and spoon over the plum sauce. Garnish with freshly torn mozzarella.