Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken

Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken

Ingredients:

  • Chicken breasts
  • 1 packet soft cheese
  • parsley
  • pine nuts
  • prosciutto (parma ham or similar).
  • 1 tbsp White wine
  • 2 tbsp chicken stock

Instructions:

  • Preheat the oven to 180C.
  • Butterfly the chicken breasts. See internet for technique
  • Tenderise breasts with a meat hammer. Go gently, or they might tear.
  • Lay out overlapped slices of prosciutto .
  • Heat pine nuts in a dry pan until gold.
  • Mix pine nuts, chopped parsley, and soft cheese in a bowl.
  • Place the chicken on top of the prosciutto and spread with the cheese mixture.
  • Wrap the chicken tightly in the prosciutto and fry for 5 minutes to colour.
  • Place the chick in a baking dish with the white wine and chicken stock.
  • Bake for 20 miutes.

The dish as shown is served with a spinach and pea risotto.