Nigel Slater’s recipes for goose-fat chicken, and quince custard tarts

Nigel Slater’s recipes for goose-fat chicken, and quince custard tarts

There’s nothing like a luxurious roast chicken and tender little tarts to get you into the festive spiritA frosty morning just before Christmas, a chicken is roasting in the oven and dewdrops of condensation sparkle on the kitchen windows. The chicken has been basted with a paste of goose fat, juniper and thyme, around it a ring of sweet potatoes, their soft flesh melting, their outer edges crisping in the heat.Just the smell of goose fat, or in…