The Consort has loads of recipe books including some which are hand-written. I found one that had all the ingredients I like - chicken, bacon, lemon, tomatoes and spices. The hand-written instructions all seemed very simple so I was comfortable to give it a go. First problem was that after frying the chicken for 4-5 minutes I was meant to "Tip the chicken and any juices from the pan into a roasting tray" but I had no juices. No problem - I poured in some white wine that was in the fridge. The next instructions were beyond me - "put the frying pan back on the heat and add rosemary - move round so they get covered in juices". What is meant to get covered in juice ? I've already put the chicken into a roasting tray and poured the non-existent juices into the tray !
At that point I just started improvising and completely ignoring the recipe with the result that I missed the crucial step of putting the bacon over the chicken before putting under the grill. Fortunately The Consort arrived home and recovered the situation and it all tasted pretty good.
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