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

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200°c/400°f/Gas Mark 6.
  2. Put the sliced bread in a bowl and pour over the milk – leave for about 5 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, chop the cheese into small pieces – put in a bowl along with the parsley and the paprika, season with some black pepper.
  4. Break up the bread with your fingers and add to the cheese mix – mix well.
  5. Divide into 4 and make each portion into a sausage shape.
  6. Make a slit in the top of each of the chicken fillets – stuff the cheese sausages into each of the chicken breasts.
  7. Put them in a baking dish and sprinkle over the wine – bake for about 15-18 minutes.
  8. Meanwhile make the salad – wash the lettuce – trim and dry well.
  9. Core and thinly slice the apples – toss in a little lemon juice to avoid them going brown.
  10. Finely slice the celery.
  11. Wipe, trim and slice the spring onions.
  12. Fry the walnuts in a little oil for a minute – until just browned.
  13. Mix all the salad ingredients together and serve alongside the chicken.