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Cheese, Spinach & Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Printer Friendly Copy
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Serves 4 Prep  15 mins Cooking 30 mins Challenge  
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Ingredients

40g dried porcini mushrooms
3 tbsp olive oil
1 shallot, finely chopped
100g baby leaf spinach
150g ricotta
50g firm mozzarella, coarsely grated
20g parmesan, finely grated
4 skinless chicken breasts
4 slices prosciutto


This is adapted from a John Thorode recipe
  1. Boil the kettle, tip the mushrooms into a small bowl, pour over boiling water to just cover, then leave to soak for 15 mins. Drain and squeeze out the mushrooms and roughly chop.

  2. Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently cook the shallots for 3 mins. Turn up the heat, throw in the mushrooms and cook for a few minutes more. Add the spinach, turn up the heat to high and cook until wilted and all the liquid has evaporated. Tip into a bowl and leave to cool. Beat in the cheeses and season with loads of pepper and a little salt. Set aside.

  3. Take the chicken breasts and remove the small fillet from the back. Cut a slit into the side of each chicken breast, then stuff each one with a quarter of the spinach mixture, closing it with the cut-off fillet. Carefully wrap each stuffed chicken breast in a slice of prosciutto and chill until needed. Can be prepared up to a day ahead.

  4. To cook, heat the oven to 200C/ Fan 180C/ Gas 6. Line up the chicken on a baking tray and roast for 20 - 25 mins until the prosciutto is frazzled at the edges, the cheese is oozing out and the chicken is cooked through.

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