Afghan Hawker Chicken (Serves 4)

Ingredients:

• 8 large chicken drumsticks, knuckles and skin removed
• Olive oil
• Freshly ground spices such as: cardamom, black and yellow mustard seeds, fennel, coriander and tumeric, ground to a rough texture
• 8 lge Eschalots, trimmed
• Crushed garlic
• Rock salt
• To Serve: Roasted red capsicum - seeded and cut into strips, fruit chutney & green salad.

Method:

Rub the drumsticks all over with olive oil, then roll in freshly ground  spices and bake in a pre-heated 185 degree oven for 140 mins. Coat the eschalots in a mixture of olive oil, crushed garlic and rock salt, place on a flat tray and bake in the oven for 30 mins.

Best served with chilled Vinifera 2003 Limited Release Semillon or 2003 Riesling

Place two drumsticks on individual serving plates and serve with the baked eschalots, roasted red capsicum strips, fruit chutney and a mixed green salad.

Recipé by Warren Fahey