BREAST OF CHICKEN FILLED WITH MUSHROOM
6 chicken breast fillets, skinned
1 large onion, finely chopped
400 g mushrooms chopped
50 g butter
2 tbsp chopped mixed herbs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
12 sage leaves and 6 sprigs of thyme to decorate
6 rashers of bacon
1
heat the butter in a pan and soften the shallot and the mushrooms; sprinkle in the herbs, season with salt and pepper, then take off the heat and leave to cool a little
2
make a long slit down one side of each chicken breast, to form a pocket, taking acre not to split the closed side
3
fill the chicken breasts; place two sage leaves and a sprig of thyme on top and wrap a rasher of bacon around the breast
4
place in a buttered ovenproof dish, dot with butter and bake in a preheated oven at 200C for about 15 minutes, basting from time to time
5
serve at once
