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fuss factor: mum's the word 2.5/5 (but she's your mother...) *even easier if you cheat on the dessert! active time: chicken stuffing: 15-20 mins preparing chicken: 10 mins (1 1/2 hrs cooking) mix salad: 10 mins chocolate custard: 20mins chocolate mousse: 20 mins assembling trifle: 10 mins set dining table:5 minutes around 2 hours time line 1-3 days ahead:
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not your mother's roast chicken I still identify the smell of roast chicken with my mother's kitchen it's just one of those things but I rarely cook a chicken the way that my mother did: bread and onion stuffing, roast potatoes and pumpkin, boiled beans or peas, bread sauce and gravy it always seemed like such a production in fact, roasting a chicken has to be one of the simplest ways to feed a group put it in the oven, check it twice and bring it to the table to serve. 1 1/2 hours this is a one bowl dinner that channels zuni restaurant's famous chicken and bread salad, but this is even simpler the trifle is easy enough, but you can throw together a store bought version in 10 minutes your mother, of course, will take all credit for this culinary coup...it's her day, let her!
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