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Chicken & ricotta in wine recipe

Ingredients (nutrition)

  • 4 oz spinach
  • 4 oz ricotta cheese
  • pinch of grated nutmeg
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 4 skinless chicken breast fillets, slit mid lengthways to make a pocket
  • 4 Parma ham slices
  • 1 oz butter
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 12 small shallots
  • 4 1/2 sliced oz button mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon plain flour
  • 5 fl oz dry white wine
  • 10 fl oz chicken stock

Preparation (instructions)

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degree F.
  2. Place spinach in a sieve and compress out the water.
  3. Combine spinach with ricotta, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Set aside.
  4. Fill spinach mixture in the chicken pocket.
  5. Wrap chicken with ham and secure with bamboo sticks or cocktail sticks.
  6. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  7. Heat butter and oil in a frying pan under medium heat.
  8. Take out chicken from the refrigerator and brown the chicken for 5 minutes.
  9. Transfer chicken to an ovenproof dish and set aside in a warm place.
  10. Saute shallots and mushrooms for 3 minutes in the same pan.
  11. Add flour, wine and stock.
  12. Bring to the boil and season well with salt and pepper.
  13. Drizzle some sauce to the chicken and reserve remaining sauce.
  14. Cook chicken in the oven for 20 minutes.
  15. Turn chicken over and cook for another 10 minutes.
  16. Remove bamboo sticks and serve with sauce.

Servings: 4

Main Courses Dishes: Chicken Turkey Duck & Other Poultry Recipes