Dinner on Friday night

I’ve asked Sue if I can post this recipe and she has given me the all okay. We have made this probably 3 times since she gave us the recipe and it never fails to please us. I don’t think there is a name but I will call it Chicken wrapped with prosciutto in creamy champange sauce. It is a very simple dish ( You can make it in less than one hour). Champagne is the choice of wine used for this dish but Sue assured me that white wine is okay too. However, when cooking with white wine, I prefer to use a sparkling wine instead because of the delicate flavours associated with champagne and the bubbles. I think the bubbles add a different dimension to the food. Try it, the next time you are cooking wiht white wine, try adding some sort of sparkling wine instead. You will be suprised. Just remember if you using a dry wine use a dry style sparking and if you are using sweet then use a sweeter style sparkling.

Thanks Sue for the recipe!

Chicken wrapped in Prosciutto in creamy Champagne Sauce

Ingredients (serves 2)

- 2 medium sized chicken breast

-2-4 slices of prosciutto (you can use pancetta as well)

- few cloves of garlic

- nuts crushed (use cashew, macadamia, almond, pistachio or any other crunchy nut) around 3 tbsp?

- sparkling wine

- cream

-herbs of your choice ( parsley, dill and i am sure thyme will work well) –> use one variety not a mix of each

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees

2. Season chicken breast with freshly cracked pepper and salt. Wrap the prosciutto around the chicken breast and tie with string.

3. Heat pan with oil and put in the chicken and brown on both sides. Add the garlic and keep in pan till soft and add the sparkling wine ( i added around 1 cup)

4. Put in oven for 30 mins or until chicken cooks

5. Take chicken out from oven and in the pan add cream some more sparkling if you wish and season with salt and pepper. Then add the herbs and nuts. Pour sauce over the chicken

6. Serve with veges of your choice

* What I did on Friday was when i browned the chicken in the pan i added some kipler potatoes and carrots then add the sparkling wine and garlic into the pan then put it in the oven. This way i had a one pot meal (my fry pan is oven proof )! Easy and yummy!

 Chicken cooking in the pan

Enjoy!

Thanks Sue for the recipe!

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