Chicken with Cheese & Basil Stuffing

Name: Chicken with Cheese & Basil Stuffing
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 1 chicken (about 1.5 kg); 75 g Gruyère cheese; 1 tbsp fresh basil; 30 g butter; onion confit, as needed; 150 g shallots or pearl onions, button; 25 ml olive oil; 25 g marmalade; 2 tsp balsamic viinegar

Chicken with Cheese & Basil Stuffing made with chicken, Gruyère cheese, fresh basil and butter. The recipe serves 4; change the portions and units below and the amounts update.

Serves 4

Method

Cut Chicken for supremes, bone legs.
Bat out legs and breasts, cut each into two, season.
Take a piece of breast and place slices Gruyère and basil on top.
Cover with a slice of leg.
Pan fry breast side first, remove to oven - deglaze pan with sherry and chicken stock reduce to a tablespoon.
Serve garnish with confit made by lightly browning onions and adding marmalade and balsamic.

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Shopping list for 4 portions

Meat & poultry

1 chicken (about 1.5 kg)

Fruit & veg

onion confit (as needed)
150 g shallots or pearl onions

Dairy & eggs

75 g Gruyère cheese
35 ml butter

Tins, jars & stock

25 g marmalade

Oils, vinegars & sauces

25 ml olive oil

Fresh herbs

3 g fresh basil

Store cupboard (check you have)

10 g balsamic viinegar

Converted from the Cookeryonline Excel workbook “SR336”.