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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken with Sage Pesto

My sage has take over the garden.  I am not sure when it happened...one day it was an innocent little sage plant producing enough leaves for my turkey stuffing...the next day it belonged in "The Little Shop of Horrors" (Feed me Seymour. Feed me.)  When I spotted this recipe I was thrilled when one of the ingredients was sage!

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup  fresh baby spinach
  • 1/3 cup  fresh sage
  • 1/3 cup  Parmesan cheese — grated
  • 1/4 cup  olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons  pine nuts — toasted
  • 2 cloves  garlic
  • 1 tablespoon  lemon juice
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves — thin cutlets
  • 8 slices prosciutto
Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400º
Puree spinach, sage, Parmesan, oil, pine nuts, garlic and lemon juices in food processor season with salt and pepper
Spread 2 tablespoons pesto on one side of each chicken fillet then fold each in half lengthwise taco-style with pesto on the inside. Roll two slices prosciutto around each fillet and secure with toothpicks.
Arrange fillets in a baking dish, roast until thermometer registers 165º, about 20 minutes. 

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