Spinach and Mushroom filled chicken breast with walnut coating
Tasty combination of chicken breast, walnuts and gorgonzola
Ingredients
For the chickenbreast:- 4 large chicken breasts with skin
- 15-150g grated white bread or toast bread
- 85g chopped walnuts
- 2 eggs
- some milk
- some butter for the spinach
- butter/grease for frying
- spices
- 350g fresh spinach
- 125g fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 2 shalotts, finely chopped
- 1 carton of cream
- 60g of gorgonzola
Preparation
The filling:- Clean spinach, seperate from main stalks and rinse throughly.
- Dry throughly with paper towels or a clean kitchen towel
- Fry shalotts in butter until 'glassy' (adding garlic is optional)
- Add the mushrooms and thereafter the spinach
- Allow to stew for 3-4 minutes, adding salt, pepper and some nutmeg and then drain using a sieve
- Break the gorgonzola into the cream, warm slowly in a pot and stir continuously until the cheese is completely melted.
- Add some pepper and nutmeg to taste and add some starch to thicken slightly
- Cut out a "pocket" in each chicken breast with a sharp knife.
- Open on one side and fill with the spinach and mushroom filling, salt, pepper and some flour.
- Mix 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons of flour and cover chicken breast throughly.
- Miy the walnuts and white bread crumbs and cover the chicken breasts
- Fry chicken breasts in hot butter until brown.
Serving suggestion
- Cover pre-heated plate with some sauce and place chicken breast in the centre of the plate
- Serve with a vegetable risotto
- August 1, 2011 Meat No comments
- Preparation time: 20 minutes
- Cooking time: 20 minutes
- Serves: 4 guests
