Chicken Florentine With Spring Vegetable Hash And Red Wine Demiglace Recipes

CHICKEN FLORENTINE WITH SPRING VEGETABLE AND DOUBLE POTATO HASH AND RED WINE DEMI-GLACE

Steps:

• For the Chicken:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Steam spinach and let cool. Lay a long piece of plastic wrap over your cutting board and tuck it underneath the sides of the board. The chicken breasts should be placed on the covered cutting board, skin side down, with enough space between them so they can lay flat after you butterfly them. To make the butterfly cut, carefully slice open (without slicing the chicken all the way through) and spread the flesh of the chicken out so you will be able to pound it out into a single thin piece on which you will place stuffing and then roll up. Season the breasts with salt and pepper. Then put another length of plastic wrap over the seasoned chicken breasts and flatten with meat mallet to integrate the seasoning into the chicken. *Cook's Note: Covering the chicken with the plastic will also keep the mess down when you pound with the meat mallet.
• Pound chicken thin and remove plastic. In a small mixing bowl, mix together, blue cheese, ricotta cheese, Parmesan, lemon zest and white wine. Place equal amounts of the cheese mixture on each breast, followed by equal amounts of the steamed spinach. Fold in each end and roll tightly, securing with toothpicks as needed, and placing on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper and brush with remaining olive oil. Place in the oven (leaving an oven rack available for the hash) and roast for 45 to 50 minutes, or until internal temperature registers 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Remove stuffed chicken from oven and allow to rest.
• For the tapenade:
• Finely chop olives and plums and combine with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add 2 ounces of blue cheese and parsley, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• For the Hash:
• In a large oven-safe skillet, add half the oil (1/4 cup) and warm the pan over medium low heat. Add the pieces of blanched asparagus and diced onion, and saute together for about 5 minutes until the asparagus feels cooked to the bite. Remove from heat and set aside. In a large bowl toss the zucchini, diced white potatoes and diced sweet potatoes with the remaining 1/4 cup of oil and season them with salt and pepper. Get a nice even coating of oil on the zucchini and potatoes and place them onto a large roasting tray. Top with the asparagus and onion mixture and place in the oven for 35 to 45 minutes.
• For the Demi-Glace:
• Prepare demi-glace while the chicken and hash are in the oven, by melting the butter over medium heat in a saucepan and sauteing onion until tender. Whisk together cornstarch and red wine to make slurry, and add to onion along with veal stock. Let simmer over medium heat until reduced by 1/3, stirring occasionally.
• Once the hash is complete, toss 2 ounces of blue cheese with warm hash mixture and using a 3-inch circle mold or biscuit cutter as a mold, form a circle of the hash in the center of serving plate. Place stuffed chicken on top of hash, and spoon some of the tapenade onto the chicken breast. Drizzle demi-glace over chicken and hash.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE WITH SPRING VEGETABLE HASH AND RED WINE DEMIGLACE

Steps:

• For the Chicken: Steam spinach. Season the breasts with salt and pepper, flatten with meat mallet to integrate the seasoning into the chicken. Pound chicken thin and remove plastic. Mix together blue cheese, ricotta, Parmesan, lemon zest and white wine. Place equal amounts of the cheese mixture on each breast, followed by equal amounts of the steamed spinach. Fold in each end and roll tightly, securing with toothpicks as needed, and placing on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper and brush with remaining olive oil. Roast for 45 to 50 minutes, or until internal temperature registers 165 degrees F. Remove stuffed chicken from oven and allow to rest. For the tapenade: Finely chop olives and plums and combine with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add 2 ounces of blue cheese and parsley, and season to taste with salt and pepper. For the Demi-Glace: Prepare demi-glace while the chicken and hash are in the oven, by melting the butter over medium heat in a saucepan and sauteing onion until tender. Whisk together cornstarch and red wine to make slurry, and add to onion along with veal stock. Let simmer over medium heat until reduced by 1/3, stirring occasionally. Toss 2 ounces of blue cheese with warm hash mixture and form a circle of the hash in the center of serving plate. Place stuffed chicken on top of hash, and spoon some of the tapenade onto the chicken breast. Drizzle demi-glace over chicken and hash.

CHICKEN WITH FLORENTINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Flatten chicken to 1/2-in. thickness. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the Parmesan cheese, basil and oregano. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. , In a large skillet over medium heat, cook chicken in 2 tablespoons butter for 4-5 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 170°. Remove and keep warm. , In the same skillet, saute onions in remaining butter for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Gradually add flour and salt; stir in milk and sherry or broth until blended. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in spinach and pimientos; heat through. , Remove from the heat. Stir in sour cream until blended. Spoon over chicken; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the chicken breast halves on a baking sheet; bake 20 to 30 minutes, until no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stirring constantly, mix in the garlic, lemon juice, cream of mushroom soup, Italian seasoning, half-and-half, and Parmesan cheese.
• Arrange the spinach over the bottom of a 9x9 inch baking dish. Cover the spinach with the mushrooms. Pour half the mixture from the saucepan over the mushrooms. Arrange chicken breasts in the dish, and cover with the remaining sauce mixture. Sprinkle with bacon bits, and top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes in the 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven, until bubbly and lightly browned.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE IN A WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Sauté ½ the garlic in 2-3 tablespoons butter (this amount is a guess...but be generous with it) in a frying pan until softened (do NOT brown it!). Add spinach and cook, stirring frequently until spinach is softened and quite shrunken. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Pound breasts flat (the thinner the better). and lightly salt them. Roll spinach/garlic mixture up in the breasts then lightly coat them in crumbs. Place seam side down in a deep baking dish. Bake uncovered in a 300 degree oven while you make the sauce.
• Sauce:Melt a lot of butter (once again... be generous and use more than you think you should) in the same frying pan the spinach was sautéed inches Add the remaining garlic and sauté...(do NOT brown it!). Whisk in sufficient flour to make a thick roux...do NOT brown the roux! Whisk in the wine and bring to boil whisking constantly. After the alcohol has had a chance to evaporate and as the sauce thickens, add sugar to taste but the sauce should remain slightly bitter as it will lose this bitterness in the oven. Once thickened, pour the sauce over the chicken breasts.
• Bake the whole thing, uncovered in a 350 degree oven until you want to eat. 1 hour is usually plenty but this meal is designed to be prepared at your convenience and lowering the temperature and allowing it to sit will not hurt it.
• Presentation: I recommend removing the breasts from the sauce onto a cutting board to cool slightly (if cut while too hot they will disintegrate -- I found this out the hard way). Then, slice them into about 1 cm slices so that each slice is a little circle of chicken surrounding the spinach. Press white rice into a small bowl and invert it in the centre of the plate, remove the bowl so a uniform hemispheric mound of rice remains. Arrange the chicken slices in a circle around the rice. Drizzle some sauce over the chicken and rice. Serve remaining sauce in a gravy boat or small pitcher. Remember to keep the sauce warm and don't dilly-dally while cutting -- get it to to the table hot!

CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Pound chicken to 1/4-in. thickness; brush each with honey. Combine spinach and cheese; place about 2 tablespoons in the center of each chicken breast. Fold long sides over filling; fold ends up and secure with a toothpick. Place, seam side down, in a shallow pan. Cover and refrigerate for several hours. , In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, garlic salt and pepper. In another shallow bowl, beat egg and milk. Dredge chicken in flour mixture, dip in egg mixture and roll in bread crumbs. , Heat oil in a deep-fat fryer to 375°. Fry chicken, several rolls at a time, for 1-1/2 minutes or until golden brown. Place in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until juices run clear. Remove toothpicks before serving.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Place chicken in skillet, sprinkle with pepper.
• Add broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 25-30 minutes.
• Remove chicken, cover and keep warm.
• Reserve broth.
• In meantime, wash and cook spinach in the water that clings to leaves.
• Reduce heat when steam forms, cook and toss 3 minute set aside and keep warm.
• For sauce: stir 1 tbsp water with cornstarch and mix it into the broth in skillet.
• Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.
• Cook 2 minutes.
• Add feta cheese and stir until melted.
• To serve, arrange spinach on serving platter, sprinkle with lemon juice, top with chicken and sauce.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180c 160c for fan oven or gas mark 4. De-stalk the spinach if needed, place in colander and pour a kettle of boiling water over to wilt, leave to drain. When cool, squeeze out excess water and chop up. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Place spinach in a oven proof baking dish.
• In a large frying pan, melt 30g of butter and cook onions until soft and golden. Remove onions from pan and add to the spinach and mix together.
• Add diced chicken to pan with a little seasoning with a little more butter and brown chicken all over. Once browned, remove from pan and place on a warm plate and set aside.
• Put the last of the butter in the pan and add the crushed garlic and mushrooms and cook until soft. Once soft add the flour to the pan and coat the mushrooms in the flour. Add the white wine and stir quickly to make a thick sauce. Turn down the heat and slowly add the cream fresh to make a lovely sauce. Add the chicken back to the pan and thoroughly coat with the sauce.
• Place the chicken, mushrooms and sauce on to of the spinach in the oven proof dish. top with the grated cheese. Add a little grated nutmeg to the cheese.
• Place in the oven for 20-25 minutes until cheese is bubbling and golden brown.
• Serve with boiled rice and a glass of chilled white wine.