Cheese stuffed pancetta chicken breasts
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Anne made this for me as a surprise, and very good it was too.
You could make this with one large chicken breast each.
Ingredients
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- 4 small chicken breasts
- 80 g sliced pancetta
- 50 g strong cheddar cheese
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
sauce
- 400g passata (1 packet)
- 1 small onion, peeled and chopped
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons herbes de provence
Mise en place
- Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F - gas 4), [fan oven 160° C & reduce cooking time by 10 mins per hour]
Method
- Slice the chicken breasts to make pockets in them
- Mix the cheese with the crushed garlic and stuff the chicken breasts with this mixture
- Wrap in pancetta and close with a cocktail stick
- Bake for 30 minutes at 180° C, checking after 15 minutes
- Ideally place on a sheet of bake o glide as it's easier to use any of the cheese that might leak out. It just seems to stick to tin-foil and be wasted.
- Meanwhile, saute the onions for 5 minutes in olive oil that has had a pinch of black pepper added to it
- Mix in the herbes de provence
Serving suggestions
Serve the chicken breasts and tomato sauce with brown rice and green beans
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