Red Wine Honey And Sesame Roasted Drumstick

esame seeds are good for health and I love to add them to my salad , buns and roasts. They contain sesamin and sesamolin, substances that is believed to prevent high blood pressure and protect the liver against damage. They are rich in Vitamin E that helps to strengthen the heart and nervous system.  Good news for us women....sesame oil can help removes wrinkles !  I just discovered that half cup of sesame seeds contains 3 times more calcium than half cup of whole milk. Whoa...... calcium helps prevent osteoporisis ...I can use them generously for my cooking from now on....:)

Back to this roasts before my thoughts go astray again.....I know Jo and Daddy loves roast chicken ,so  I make them '  Red Wine , Honey & Sesame Roasted Drumstick ' ....tender and juicy on the inside with a slight crispness on the outside. The sesame seeds gave it a nutty fragrant and the honey and red wine marinade enhanced the flavor further....mmmmm  yummy !

Simply marinate these drumsticks in thick soy sauce, pepper, honey, red wine and sea salts for an hour. Brush olive oil on the marinated drumstick and place them on a wire rack over a baking sheet lined with aluminium foil  to collect the drippings . Roasts at 200°C for 40 minutes with  basting the drumsticks with the left over marinade sauce for the first twenty minutes of roasting, after which , sprinkle black and sesame seeds evenly over the drumsticks. Continue baking another 20 minutes till the drumsticks are properly cooked and golden brown. Serve this as a dish with hot steaming rice or just as finger food with a glass of beer or Chivas :p

finger licking good ...imagine this with

 a glass of beer or chivas :)

heavenly!

this taste very much like BBQ drumsticks :)

Josh would love this....I am wicked again.. making him drool

on this for the time being :p

Daddy loves these as finger food

for his Chivas or beer :)

Sesame Honey & Red Wine  Roasted Drumstick

Ingredients :

4 pieces of drumsticks - clean and drain dry with the skin on

marinade sauce :

1/2 tbsp of thick soy sauce

1 tsp of ground pepper

1 tsp of sea salt

1/4 cup of red wine

1.5 tbsp of honey

olive oil for brushing on the drumsticks

black & white sesame seeds - for coating the drumstick

Method:-

Mix all the marinade sauce ingredients together in a small bowl. Pour over the drumsticks and leave it to marinate for 1 hour. Brush olive oil on the marinated drumstick and place them on a wire rack over a baking sheet lined with aluminium foil  to collect the drippings . Roasts at 200°C for 40 minutes with  basting the drumsticks with the left over marinade sauce for the first twenty minutes of roasting, after which , sprinkle black and sesame seeds evenly over the drumsticks. Continue baking another 20 minutes till the drumsticks are properly cooked and golden brown.

Enjoy !

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