Tonight's dinner- have never seen the husbands face so excited when he looked into the oven tonight! Easy to make and definitely a meal. Although you could make each parcel smaller by chopping the bacon and chicken into smaller bite sizes and could use it as a tapas dish.
Chicken in a Blanket
Serves 4
2 chicken breast
4 rashers of bacon (I used middle)
2 sheets puff pastry
200g ricotta cheese (or you could use cottage cheese)
METHOD
- Slice the chicken breast in half length ways and in a hot pan seal on both sides, remove and allow to cool.
- Cook the rashers of bacon, remove and allow to cool
- Once the bacon and chicken are cool, cut the pastry sheets in half diagonally and place 1 slice of bacon, 1 halved chicken breast on top of the bacon and spoon 1 tbsp (50g) of ricotta over the chicken and bacon. Wrap/fold the puff pastry over the chicken and bacon mix.
- Brush with egg wash (beat a egg and using a basting brush, brush the pastry with the egg) and bake at 230c for 15 -20 minutes.
Cheese Sauce
50g butter
50g Flour
350ml-400ml milk
300g cheese (about 4 handfuls)
METHOD
- In a pan, melt the butter and stir in flour - which will make a paste like structure.
- Slowly pour the milk while stirring constantly until all combined (if you put all the milk in at once you will end up with a lumpy sauce, better to add the milk a little at a time).
- Add the cheese, again stirring constantly. Add more milk (if needed) to receive the desired sauce consistency.
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