Piedmont Chicken
Recipe
Succulent chicken roasted in a white wine and paprika stock and stuffed with gorgonzola.
Serves: 4 people | Prep time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes
Italian | Main
Ingredients
- 4 x Chicken breasts
- 120g Specially Selected Gorgonzola
- 2 x slices White Bread
- 60ml Milk
- 1 x tsp Parsley
- ½ tsp Paprika
- Black Pepper
- 100ml White Wine
For the Salad
- 1 x Little Gem Lettuce
- 2 x Braeburn Apples
- 2 x sticks Celery
- 4 x Spring Onions
- 40g Walnuts
- Lemon Juice
- A little Olive Oil
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 200°c/400°f/Gas Mark 6.
- Put the sliced bread in a bowl and pour over the milk – leave for about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the cheese into small pieces – put in a bowl along with the parsley and the paprika, season with some black pepper.
- Break up the bread with your fingers and add to the cheese mix – mix well.
- Divide into 4 and make each portion into a sausage shape.
- Make a slit in the top of each of the chicken fillets – stuff the cheese sausages into each of the chicken breasts.
- Put them in a baking dish and sprinkle over the wine – bake for about 15-18 minutes.
- Meanwhile make the salad – wash the lettuce – trim and dry well.
- Core and thinly slice the apples – toss in a little lemon juice to avoid them going brown.
- Finely slice the celery.
- Wipe, trim and slice the spring onions.
- Fry the walnuts in a little oil for a minute – until just browned.
- Mix all the salad ingredients together and serve alongside the chicken.