Chicken en croûte
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 225g/8oz buffalo mozzarella, chopped
- 12 fresh basil leaves, shredded
- 20 sun-blush tomatoes, chopped
- 4 x chicken breasts
- 4 pieces puff pastry, 15cm/6in square, 3mm/⅛in thick
- 1 egg, beaten
Method
step 1
1.Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.step 2
2.Mix the mozzarella, basil and sun-blush tomatoes together in a bowl.step 3
3.Cut a pocket in each of the chicken breasts and stuff with the mozzarella mixture.step 4
4.Place a stuffed chicken breast into the middle of each square of puff pastry and roll up into parcels.step 5
5.Brush each parcel with the beaten egg and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until risen and golden-brown.
