SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Chicken 2, Chapter 8 (A Chicken Feast)

A whole chicken (about 1.8 kg), bone-in chicken thighs, chickpeas, tahini, lemons, garlic, cumin, smoked paprika, olive oil, flatbreads or pitta, cucumber, tomatoes, yogurt, mint, onions, dried apricots, almonds, green olives, ground ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, couscous, honey, filo or plain biscuits, oranges, pistachios, plain flour and flaked sea salt.

A mezze-style starter (6 portions)
[ ] 400 g tin of chickpeas, drained
[ ] 3 tbsp tahini
[ ] 1 lemon, juice
[ ] 1 garlic clove
[ ] 4 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 1 cucumber, diced
[ ] 3 tomatoes, diced
[ ] 150 g plain yogurt
[ ] 1 tbsp chopped mint
[ ] 6 flatbreads

A spatchcocked roast chicken for six (6 portions)
[ ] 1.8 kg whole chicken, spatchcocked
[ ] 3 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 1 lemon, juice and zest
[ ] 3 garlic cloves, crushed
[ ] 2 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 1 tsp flaked sea salt

A chicken and apricot tagine (6 portions)
[ ] 3 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 12 bone-in chicken thighs
[ ] 3 onions, sliced
[ ] 4 garlic cloves
[ ] 1 tsp ground cumin
[ ] 1 tsp ground ginger
[ ] 1 tsp ground cinnamon
[ ] 600 ml chicken stock, unsalted
[ ] 150 g dried apricots
[ ] 50 g green olives
[ ] 40 g flaked almonds
[ ] 250 g couscous

A honey and orange pudding (6 portions)
[ ] 6 oranges
[ ] 4 tbsp honey
[ ] 1 tsp ground cinnamon
[ ] 50 g pistachios, chopped
[ ] 300 g thick plain yogurt

For the experiments
[ ] A large roasting tin
[ ] A thermometer
[ ] A written timeline