In the kitchen

This dish has been one of my favorites for years :-) This is the perfect recipe for dinner parties for the whole family and kids loves it. Usually I serve it with rice, salad and garlic bread. For desert I made this wonderful Pavlova with strawberries and mint leaves - tell you about that later. 

Whole  Chicken                                                          

Sauce:                                                                      

2 small cups barbecue sauce

1 small cup soy sauce

1 small cup apricot jam (or marmalade)

100 gr. brown sugar

 50 gr. butter

Put all the ingredients in a pot and let it melt (do not boil)

Marinate the chicken with half of the sauce (heat the other half when served )

Put the chicken in 150° oven for 1 hour then turn the heat to 180° and let it cook for another hour.

Þessi uppskrift er búin að vera í uppáhaldi hjá mér í mörg ár (ég held hún hafi verið í Gestgjafanum fyrir 20 og eitthvað árum :) Mæli með þessum rétti fyrir fjölskyldumatarboð, krakkar elska þennan rétt.  Ég er yfirleitt með hrísgrjón, salat og hvítlauksbrauð með. Í þetta sinn var ég líka með YUZU JALEPENO sósu frá Hrefnu Sætran hún er algjört æði, mæli með henni. Ég bauð uppá dásamlega Pavlovu með jarðaberjum og myntu í eftirétt, segi ykkur frá henni seinna. 

Heill kjúklingur 

Sósa

2 dl bbqsósa

1 dl apríkósumarmelaði

100 gr. púðursykur

50 gr. smjör

1dl sojasósa

Setjið allt hráefnið í pott og hitið ( á ekki að sjóða)

Hellið helmingnum af sósunni yfir kjúklinginn ( hinn helmingurinn er borinn fram með kjúklingnum) 

Steikið kjúklinginn við 120° klukkutíma hækkið þá hitann í 160° í klukkutíma í viðbót.

xx Áróra 

Lobster pizza

The other night we had friends over for dinner, it was quite simple really, we had homemade pizza. -Lobster pizza and white wine!  I mean what can go wrong- everyone loves pizza and lobster -so when you combine the two.....

 Garlic oil :
1 1/2 cup quality extra virgin olive oil
1 whole garlic, finely chopped
Mix the olive oil and the garlic together in a jar.


Pizza dough
2 1/4 teaspoons (1 package) instant dried active yeast
1 cup warm water (not hot!)
1 tablespoon honey
3 cups bread flour, or as needed
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoon salt


Add the water, yeast, sugar, and 1/2 a cup of the flour into a mixing bowl. Stir well and let sit for 20 minutes. It will get bubbly.

Add olive oil, salt, and 2 cups of the flour and mix with a wooden spoon until it's together enough to turn out on to a lightly floured work surface to knead.

Knead for few minutes , while adding more flour a little at a time, to produce a soft, elastic and slightly sticky dough. Do not add too much flour, just enough to keep it from sticking to the work surface as you knead.

Form the dough into a ball and place in a large oiled bowl. Drizzle a few drops of oil and coat the top of dough to prevent the surface from becoming dry.

Let it sit for about 15-30 minutes

Divide the dough into two (or three)  and roll it thinly.
Put the rolled-out dough on baking sheets, smear the garlic-oil on the base of your pizzas and spread it out to the edges. Put the langoustine  (lobster-tails) on top then, mozzarella, be generous on the salt and pepper:) Put it in the oven on 230° for 7 - 10 minutes When it is out of the oven put some more garlic-oil arugula-salad and finally Parmigiano-Reggiano on top

Xx Áróra