Roast Chicken on Cabbage with Crispy Pancetta and Lemon and Thyme Dumplings

Roast chicken and bacon are common company, usually helped along with sausages and bread sauce, a favourite for the Great British Sunday Lunch. I wanted to take a classic like this and turn it into something more than just a Sunday Lunch.

Pancetta is an Italian cured bacon that can be found in most delicatessens. The fat that almost dissolves in the cooking gives a wonderful full flavour to the bacon. A good smoked or unsmoked streaky bacon can be used instead. You’ll notice I have