While I am pretty good at following recipes, I for some reason lack food sense and creativity. Taking a few ingredients and creating a recipe has never been something that I have been able to do with great success. So up until now, I have avoided the Paper Chef challenges. The most recent challenge, however, has some of my favorite ingredients, sherry vinegar, goat cheese, prosciutto, green garlic, so I just couldn't resist. Thanks to Fatemeh for judging (as the gracious former winner) and thanks to Owen for hosting!!!
Chicken Roulade with Sherry Vinegar Sauce
4 chicken breasts
6 oz good goat cheese, softened
1 stalk green garlic
1 T olive oil
4 slices prosciutto
1 cup sherry vinegar
2 cups chicken stock
4 shallots, chopped
2 T butter
salt and fresh pepper
Clean and trim green garlic, then slice in half lengthwise. Place in small roasting pan and pour over olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in 300 degree oven for about 30 minutes or until carmel colored. Cool, dice and then mix with goat cheese.
Pound flat each chicken breast between plastic wrap until about 1/4 inch. Spread goat cheese mixture over the chicken breasts, but do not go the edges. Put one piece of prosciutto over goat cheese. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tuck in sides and start to roll up, using kitchen string or tooth picks to secure the ends. Melt butter in a skillet and brown the chicken lightly. Put chicken in small roasting pan in 350 degree oven to finish cooking, about 35 minutes.
When chicken has cooked for 20 minutes, heat the skillet the chicken was cooked in add the shallots, sauteing until softened. Add vinegar and bring to a boil. Boil for about 3 minutes and then add the chicken stock. Boil until is starts to get thick, about 10 minutes, or until it is the desired consistency. Season to taste.
Remove string or toothpicks from chicken, slice chicken into rounds and drizzle the sauce and shallots over the rounds. Voila!
Guess what I'm making tonight with the left over goat cheese, prosciutto, green garlic, and sherry vinegar?! Yup, that's right! This dish!!! - except I have to use pork since I don't have chicken, but I suppose it shouldn't be too much a deviation of your original... I like the fact that your sauce sounds light - sounds very yummy!
Posted by: Alice | April 05, 2005 at 12:10 PM
That sounds delicious - I will have to try it - along with a LOT of the other entries! Thank you for taking part and sorry I added you in late...
Posted by: Owen | April 05, 2005 at 11:24 PM