Roast Chickens With Thyme Paste

By akselden

Ingredients

• For the thyme paste:
• 1/4 cup thyme leaves .
• 1 medium Bermuda onion, peeled and chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled
• 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 2 teaspoons cracked green peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• For the chickens:
• 2- 4 pound chickens
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black
• pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a bowl, combine.the thyme paste ingredients. In a food processor, working in two batches process to a fine paste.
2 Preheat the oven to 500degrees. Loosen the skin over as much of the chicken as possible by running a spoon or your fingers under the skin coverings the breasts of the chickens. Stuff 1/2 of the paste under the skin and in the cavity of each chicken. Season the chickens with salt and pepper.
3. Transfer the chickens to a large
roasting pan fitted with a rack.
Roast until the juices run clear.
When the chickens are pierced at the thickest part of the leg, about 1 hour.