Mary Berry served up a tasty roast chicken with tarragon flavoured butter, melting caramelized onions, crispy roasted potatoes and her mum’s gravy with redcurrant jelly on Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts.

The ingredients are: 50g butter, softened, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1 heaped tsp finely grated fresh root ginger, 1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon, ½ lemon, grated zest only, 1 free-range oven-ready chicken, about 1.8–2kg, 2 large onions, very thickly sliced, 1–2 tbsp vegetable oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the gravy: 45g plain flour, 100ml dry white wine, 500ml chicken stock, 1 tbsp redcurrant jelly, dash Worcestershire sauce (optional), dash gravy browning (optional), 1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

See recipes by Mary in her book titled: Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts available from Amazon now.