Chicken stuffed with mushrooms and spinach (wash)

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupClarified butter
cupWhite onions; finely chopped
½teaspoonGarlic; minced
1cupMushrooms; finely chopped
½tablespoonDried oregano
3tablespoonsMadeira
2bunchesSpinach; blanched and chopped
4tablespoonsParmesan; up to 5
4ouncesGoat cheese
½cupBreadcrumbs
4Half chicken breasts; boned, up to 6
Flour
2tablespoonsClarified butter; up to 4
½teaspoonGarlic; minced
½teaspoonShallot; minced
Salt and pepper to taste
1teaspoonGrainy pommery mustard
2tablespoonsLemon juice
3tablespoonsBrandy
¼cupChicken stock
cupHeavy cream
2tablespoonsMadeira

Directions

Saute until tender in the clarified butter onions, garlic, mushrooms and oregano. Without removing mixture from pan, deglaze with Madeira. Remove from heat.

Add spinach, Parmesan and goat cheese while mixture is still hot Add breadcrumbs to bind mixture. Set aside for several hours to cool and allow flavors to marry.

Slit pockets into chicken breasts and divide the stuffing among them.

Lightly dust breasts with flour. Saute' in butter. Add to the pan garlic, shallot, salt and pepper, grainy Pommery mustard, lemon juice, brandy, chicken stock and heavy cream. Reduce until sauce is slightly thickened.

Finish with Madeira, cooking only until the alcohol evaporates.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Note: Chef Lucas suggests that the dressing mixture will keep (refrigerated) for 4 to 5 days. Source: Barbara Williams, Coasting & Cooking Bk #4 -- Washington & Oregon, 1997. ISBN:0-9609950-2-1

Typed and MC_Busted for you by Brenda Adams <adamsfmle@...> Recipe by: The Ark, Nahcotta, Washington (Coast)