Brooklyn Holiday Recipe: Roast Chicken From La Cafette

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- The first step to a great chicken is a great chicken.

That's the advice from co-chefs Jean-Marie Perrot and Sylvain Aubry, who routinely serve humanely-raised rotisserie birds at their Williamsburg restaurant, and are contributing the main dish in Patch's Holiday Recipe Round-up.

Their simple yet savory recipe calls for few ingredients, many of which you might already have in the fridge, so it makes sense that you choose a choice chicken.

But do note that the other key ingredient is time: the humane bird must soak for eight hours and dry for one.

La Cafette's Roasted Chicken

Prep time: 8 hours (To sit)
Cook time: 1 hour
Serves: 3-6 people

Ingredients:

• 1 liter water
• 1 liter buttermilk
• Pinch of minced garlic
• Pinch of lemon zest
• Pinch of salt
• 1 humanely-raised full chicken, ideally Amish

Directions:

1. Buy a humanely-raised, ideally Amish, chicken.
2. Soak the chicken in a large container with water, buttermilk, garlic, thyme, lemon zest, and salt for eight hours.
3. Take out the chicken and allow it to dry for one hour.
4. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees
5. Roast your bird for one hour
6. Bon appetit!

This recipe was edited for style by Patch. For more holiday recipes from NYC's favorite restaurants, be sure to check out Patch's Holiday Roundup.

Photo and recipe courtesy of La Cafette

La Cafette
103 Havemeyer St.
Brooklyn, New York
Phone: (347) 529-4060
Email: info@lacafettebk.com
Follow: @lacafettebk