Tonia Buxton Cypriot Roast Chicken Recipe on Sunday Brunch

Tonia Buxton serves up Cypriot roast chicken with cumin potatoes and tahini dip on Sunday Brunch. The recipe is taken from her new book: Eat Greek for a Week – availabe from Amazon.

The ingredients are: 1 1.4kg oven ready chicken, 1 large buffalo tomato, sliced into 8 pieces, 1 large onion, sliced, 2 tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil, 1⁄2 heaped teaspoons of oregano, and 1⁄2 heaped teaspoons cinnamon.

For the cumin potatoes: 6 medium Cypriot potatoes, halved lengthways, 1 large onion, sliced into rings, 2 tsp ground cumin, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, 400g can plum tomatoes and Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the tahini dip: 2 heaped tbsp of tahini paste, 2–4 cloves garlic crushed, Juice of 2–3 lemons, 2 tbsp of olive oil, Sea salt, Cold water to thin, Chopped parsley to garnish and Generous pinch of salt to taste.