Goats Cheese and Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breast with a Morel Sauce
Another experiment that was absolutely wonderful, both myself and hubby loved this. I love it when as a cook you go completely off the wall wondering whether a recipe will come together in the end and for me this did. I have made so many that are experiments but you kinda know the ingredients will work, I wasn’t sure with this one but it was lovely.


Ingredients


Olive oil
2 Chicken breasts

Stuffing

1/2-3/4 Cup chopped Swiss brown mushrooms ( I used just over 1/2 a cup.)
250g soft goats cheese, rind removed
2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 Tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
1/2 Tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped finely

Sauce

1 Tablespoon butter
1 Shallot, finely chopped
1/2 Cup dry white wine
1/2 Cup water
1/2 Cup cream
11/2 Teaspoons cornflour
2-2/12 Tablespoons Morels ( I used dried as I couldn’t get fresh so you will have to adjust amount for fresh.)
Pepper to taste

Method

1. Heat butter in pan, add mushrooms and cook until tender and liquid has evaporated, add thyme and parsley stir to combine.

2. Take chicken breast and using a meat mallet flatten until almost equal thickness all over, Lay three slices of goats cheese over each breast, top with mushroom mixture and fold other half of chicken over to cover. Tie at close intervals with kitchen string.

3. Heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan and brown chicken breasts on both sides.

4. Transfer chicken to a lightly oiled oven proof dish and bake in preheated oven 180c for 30-35 Min’s or until chicken is cooked through.

For The Sauce

1. Melt butter in a pan, add shallot and cook until softened.

2. Add wine, water and pepper to taste and bring to a boil, turn heat down to a simmer, mix a little water with the cornflour and pour into sauce, stir until sauce has thickened. (don’t worry if it seems to thick as you still have the cream to add.)

3. Add cream and chopped morels and stir until heated through serve over chicken.

To Serve: I sliced chicken into thick slices and served over potato crisps topped with sauce.

All photo’s taken by me unless otherwise stated.

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One Response
  1. Henry Garman says:

    Wow! That seems like it would be delicious. I will have to try this one.

    A site that has about 87 gourmet morel mushroom recipes (like stuffed morels, morel pate, morels with beef, lamb, etc.) is:

    http://search.foodnetwork.com/food/recipe/morel/search.do

    You might find some other ideas to continue your experimentation.

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