Bittersweet Amarula Drumsticks

Ingredients

• 12 chicken drumsticks
• seasoned flour
• 1/4 cup fresh chives, snipped
• 2 tablespoons roasted garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup apricot jam
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2-3 tablespoons Amarula cream liqueur
• 2 teaspoons seasoned sea salt
• 12 bay leaves
• 12 toothpicks
• black pepper, to taste
• 3 cups brown rice, cooked
• dried apricots, garnish (optional)

Directions

1. 1

   Prepare the drumsticks by cutting the skin loose around the bone and pushing in down with a scraping movement, using a small sharp knife.

2. 2

   Cover exposed bone with foil.

3. 3

   Dust meat lightly with seasoned flour.

4. 4

   Mix the chives, marmalade, lemon, Amarula Cream and salt together.

5. 5

   Coat the drumsticks in this mixture and arrange in an ovenproof dish.

6. 6

   Bake at 200 degrees (200 deg C = 400 deg F) for 45 minutes until crispy; Remove the foil.

7. 7

   May be served warm or at room temperature.

8. 8

   For Serving (garnish):.

9. 9

   Wrap a bayleaf around each exposed bone-tip. Secure the leaf with a toothpick or porcupine quill. **TIP: It may be helpful to soften the bay leaf in a pan of heatd water to make them pliable and avoid the leaves being brittle and breaking or snapping when you atttempt to wrap these. ;).

10. 10

    Serve on a bed of brown rice or your favorite starch.

11. 11

    Enjoy! ;).