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Well, this last dinner was fantastic. While i did not take any pictures of it, there are pictures of other dinners that I have cooked… Just follow the link…

Kathleen and Mark came over. We ate and then we watched Wallace and Gromit in ‘The Wrong Trousers’ and ‘A Close Shave’.

Dinner was this recipe:

Broiled Chicken with Oregano, Lemon and Olives.

This was a really simple dish to make, and I served it with plain white rice on the side.

Make a marinade:
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp dry white wine
6 cloves of garlic, crushed
4-6 tsp. fresh oregano leaves
Red pepper flakes

The recipe says to marinate a whole chicken, cut into 10 serving pieces in this mixture, but I think you need more marinade than above for that much.

The above recipe was suffifient for 3-4 pieces.

I marinated overnight.

I took the chicken out 2 hours before I served it, and went to spinning class. When I cam back, I fired up the grill, and waited for guests by preparing the rest of the garnish.

Garnish:
Zest from 1 lemon (Again, this is not enough, I used 1 1/2 lemons.)
12 oil cured black olives (A guest brought these from the Olive bar at the super market, 12 black, 12 green.)
Red pepper flakes to taste.

Put all these ingredients in a bowl, and let set for about 30 minutes.

Set the Chicken on the grill, cook for a total of about 25 mintutes, turning once after about 17 minutes. (This will depend on the size of the chicken pieces you have - I have pretty large ones, so this was the time I used)

Once the chicke is done, take the garlic form the marinade, and place in aluminum foil wrapper, and place on grill to cook for about 10 minutes.

Assemble chicken in a large serving platter, and pour spread the garnish around the plate, let the dish cool and the flavors mingle. Remove garlic from grill, and spread around the dish.

This dish was served with a lovely Pinot Noir.

For appetizers, gorgonzola and volpi sausage were served, along with the Fetzer Riesling.

I hope your mouth is watering.