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Chicken with Boursin

Added on Wed Jan 23 2008

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The Basics

• Dish: Main Course
• cuisine: French
• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 0hrs 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 0hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 medium chicken breasts
• 5oz Boursin cheese
• 4 Tablespoons White wine
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon juice
• 6 Tablespoons Double cream
• 4 tablespoons Breadcrumbs
• 1 ½ oz clarrified butter

Method

1. Remove any skin from the breast fillet, trim and flatten
2. Cut carefully to make a pocket between the large and small breast area.
3. Fill the pocket with the cream cheese and lay on a piece of foil.
4. Season lightly with salt and ground pepper, moisten with a tablespoon of wine and 1 of lemon juice then wrap the foil to make a parcel. - do this for each of the 4 breasts.
5. Cook in the oven (200C or Mark 6) for 15 - 20 minutes
6. Whilst chicken is cooking, fry the breadcrumbs, mix with ham and keep warm.
7. Take chicken and put in an oven dish. Pour the juices from the foil aside
8. Boilcream in a saucepan until it thickens, add chicken juice and reboil and then pour over the chicken fillets.
9. Just before serving spoon breadcrum mixture over the top