Cookery: hot off the coals

Up your barbecue game this summer with these flavour-packed skewers

Lemon, thyme & garlic rotisserie chicken

This is a popular simple recipe, full-flavoured and very easy to do. If you don’t have a rotisserie, just cook it in a regular kettle barbecue with a lid.

Serves 4

Ready in 1 hr 10 mins

1.3-1.5kg chicken

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

Leaves from 8 sprigs of fresh thyme

2tbsp olive oil

1 lemon, quartered

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

CHOOSE YOUR SKEWER A rotisserie skewer

1 Set up your barbecue for rotisserie cooking, with a distance of 20-30cm from the coals to the chicken and with the lid of the barbecue on (not essential, but it will take longer without the lid). Place the chicken on the rotisserie skewer and secure firmly.

2 Place the garlic, thyme and olive oil in a small bowl and squeeze in the juice from one of the lemon quarters. Stir together, then brush this mixture all over the chicken. Season generously with salt and pepper and place the remaining lemon quarters inside the chicken.

3 Cook the chicken for about

1 hr, or until it has an internal temperature of 74°C on a digital probe thermometer. Cut the chicken into quarters and serve with a green salad, if liked.