Seven great roast chicken recipes to revamp your Sunday lunch

Let’s talk about roast chicken, shall we? Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1 whole properly free-range chicken 50-100g unsalted butter, softened 6 rashers of unsmoked streaky bacon 2 lemons, halved 8 rosemary sprigs 12 garlic cloves, left whole and unpeeled 2 tbsp olive oil 300g chorizo, thickly sliced 500g small new potatoes, left whole Cornish sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Method: 1. Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1 whole large chicken, around 1.5kg, corn-fed and free-range 8 large dried red chillies, chopped in half with scissors, soaked in warm water to soften, drained, deseeded 6 banana shallots, peeled 5 garlic cloves, peeled 1 large knob, roughly 40g, peeled ginger 80g desiccated coconut 80g roasted peanuts 500ml coconut cream 2 tbsp fish sauce 2 tbsp palm sugar Large pinch coarse salt 6 tbsp coconut oil Method: 1. Well, why not Recipe by: Gizzi Erskine Serves: 6 Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter mixed with 3 chopped sage leaves 1 x 2kg organic chicken Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 100g cavolo nero, or other seasonal cabbage, shredded For the truffled gnocchi: 250g evenly sized floury potatoes, baked and still hot 50g Italian “00” flour, plus extra for dusting Quarter teaspoon fine sea salt 25g parmesan, finely grated, plus extra for serving 1 teaspoon white truffle paste or white truffle oil 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten For the sage and truffle butter: 30g unsalted butter A handful of sage leaves 1-2 teaspoons truffle-infused olive oil Method: 1. Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1kg chicken thighs and drumsticks, skin on 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more to serve ½ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground allspice ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1½ tablespoons sumac, plus more to dust Juice of 1 lemon 4 garlic cloves, crushed Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 large red onions, finely sliced into half-moons 2 tablespoons pine nuts 1 tablespoon light olive oil Naan or Arabic taboon bread, to serve Chopped parsley leaves Method: 1.