A MILD & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 29^th / JANUARY 2017.

We managed a little lie in this morning as the village was very quiet, we then had a quick cup of tea and a piece of toast, it was then time to get all the preparation on the go for this evenings roast; “ Roast Lemon Chicken “ with a savoury Mixed Herb Stuffing, I cut off the Legs & Wings as it was a large Chicken, after preparing the ‘ Trivets’ base of all of the vegetables trimmings etc I then seasoned the Chicken with Sea Salt & Lemon Juice and roasted it in a hot oven, see below after coming out of the oven!

Meanwhile the ‘ Vegetable/Second Chef’ was preparing Cauliflower Florets in a three Cheese Sauce, Baby Brussels Spouts, glazed Carrot Batons and Garden Peas, we also pre-boiled the Roast Potatoes before tossing them in the Duck Fat, ready to go in the oven this evening. Finally I made the finger licking Pan Gravy in the roasting tray, using a strong Chicken & Vegetable Stock, seasoning & Gravy Browning!

While all this has been going on we have been watching the Final of the ‘Australian Open Tennis’ over in Melbourne, it is live on Spanish TV, Roger Federer has just beaten Rafa Nadal after five sets! Just a quick update on the football results from yesterday, Liverpool sadly lost at home to Wolves 1-2 and played terrible, Manchester City won 0-3.

This morning ‘ Chispa ‘ has been with us all morning, ‘Reina’ is back next week for her regular five days, it’s very mild this morning, we have the front door open for the first time this year, the sun was out early and the sky is bright blue, there is no breeze and by lunchtime it due to reach 19degs again! Next week is starting the same but will get a little cloudy later on, watch this space.

At lunchtime we went up to ' Bar Rojas ' for a nice cool drink sat in the warm sunshine.

After supper last night we watched the next episode of ‘ Taboo ‘ on BBC TV, another gripping story line of drugs, debauchery and the main character cheating death again, the set pieces are brilliantly staged, the music score sets the tone, Tom Hardy in the main role is giving a glowing performance, four more episodes to go, watch this space.



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