Roasted chicken drumsticks and caramelized with maple syrup

It happens that we eat a lot more fish than meat at home for 2 reasons:

We love
Gabrielle trains 5 to 7 days or more for its competitions Kayak and as she eats more meat for 1 year (arh!), We eat very often fish so that it had its quota of protein and I am not obliged to do two different menus.

One Saturday morning before Christmas, so I gave up my unique menu principles to rush to Roasted chicken drumsticks recipe (high outdoor course) plump and had the advantage of being quite economical (just under 6 euros per kilo).

Back at the house, I grabbed the book by Delia Smith "Chicken", offered by my mother-Anne. In general, I never consult a cookbook when everything has to be ready in the next hour, it's too dangerous. This time, I went directly to the pages I had marked with a torn piece of paper. I always admire those that mark the pages of their cookbooks or magazines, mini post it perfectly glued but I do not despair of getting there if I already started buying these famous post it.

At the end of the third paper, I found my recipe with chicken drumsticks and using the ingredients I had on hand.

This recipe is perfect as it gets ready in 15 minutes and you just have to prepare the filling, drink tea or coffee, calling others to prepare the table, all this quietly, while the cooked chicken.

This recipe is one of those that I do it again because the time spent ratio / result is particularly interesting, the kind of favorite recipe for a mother not desperate family.

Christie: This recipe is for you, the chicken is soft, fragrant, well caramelized, without being sweet.

Roasted chicken drumsticks and caramelized with maple syrup

Recipe adapted from that of Delia Smith in his book "Chicken"

Ingredients for 8 drumsticks or 4 people

2 tbsp. tablespoons maple syrup
75 ml red wine
4 tbsp. soy sauce to
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. heaped tablespoons tomato paste
1 tsp. level coffee ground ginger
2 cloves garlic, crushed
4 drops of Tabasco

Some watercress leaves to serve

Preheat oven to 200 ° C.
In a small bowl, mix the olive oil and lemon juice.
Place drumsticks in a large baking dish and add the chopped onion.
Add salt and pepper.
Brush chicken with oil and lemon mixture.
Pour the rest of the chicken.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix the sauce ingredients, using a small whisk.
After 20 minutes, pour the sauce over the chicken and turn several times the pieces to coat.
Bake again for 20 minutes, basting the chicken 2 times.

Sprinkle with watercress leaves and serve.

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