Butterflied Chicken with Ricotta and Garlic Stuffing

This is a great way to cook chicken. The stuffing is under the skin, which helps to protect and moisten the breast, and as the bird is cut down the backbone and flattened out, it cooks quickly. Butterflying also seems to be the best way to solve that age-old problem with chicken: that is, the breasts cooking and drying out before the legs are cooked. Putting the stuffing under the skin is not difficult - you just need to loosen the skin first. To do this, simply work your hand up slowly bet