Parma Wrapped Chicken With Mediterranean Vegetables Recipes

CHICKEN WRAPPED IN PARMA HAM

Steps:

• Trim chicken breast fillets and lay on a board or worktop. Remove inner fillets and reserve. Season all pieces with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Lay sage leaves along the length of large fillets. Replace inner fillets to enclose sage.
• Wrap each fillet neatly with Parma ham. Heat sunflower oil in a pan and fry wrapped chicken breasts over medium heat all over to brown ham and cook chicken through - about 5 minutes - depending on size of fillets.
• Meanwhile make the sauce. Heat remaining oil in a pan and fry onion and garlic over gentle heat to soften but not brown. Add Cirio Cherry Tomatoes and SuperCirio Tomato Puree and bring to bubbling. Cook 2-3 minutes to reduced slightly. Stir in black olives and capers and season.
• Serve fillets whole, or halved, with sauce poured around. Decorate with sage leaves.

PARMA WRAPPED CHICKEN WITH MEDITERRANEAN VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• MIx potatoes, zucchini, onion, bell peppers, and tomatoes into a large bowl; add garlic, thyme, and red pepper flakes. Toss vegetable mixture and season with salt and pepper. Pour olive oil over the vegetables and toss to coat; pour into a glass baking dish. and bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
• Roast vegetables in preheated oven until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Wrap each breast with two slices of prosciutto and secure prosciutto in place with toothpicks; place atop he vegetables and continue baking until the chicken has firmed and is no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes.
• Remove chicken from the baking dish to cool for 5 minutes. Divide the roasted vegetables among two dinner plates. Remove toothpicks from chicken; cut each piece of chicken into five diagonal slices. Fan the chicken out on top of the vegetables.

PARMA WRAPPED COD

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 200°C
• Lay out the slices of parma ham and place the cod fillets on top, then place thyme leaf, season fillets and wrap.
• Place the garlic and chopped up vegetables in a large shallow roasting pan, drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar, season with salt and pepper.
• Place the cod fillet on top of the vegetables and bake for 20 minutes, or until the cod is golden and the vegetables are crisp.