Ramen Under The Tuscan Sun Pie Recipes

"UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN CHICKEN"

Steps:

• Prepare chicken breasts by splitting whole breast and using flat end of meat tenderizing tool to flatten each breast to about 1/4 inch in thickness, (placing breast in large plastic freezer bag, before flattening works well).
• Store prepared chicken in refrigerator, while preparing filling.
• Sautee shallot and garlic in 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, just until tender, cool slightly.
• Mix together the ricotta, fontina cheese, shallots, garlic, and chopped figs, mix well; then add parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt and ground pepper.
• Fill chicken breasts with 1 tablespoon filling, roll, place 2 whole sage leaves on top of chicken breast, (seam side down), then wrap 1 slice of pancetta.
• Continue to fill and wrap remaining chicken breasts then place in large dutch oven or similar heavy baking pan, that has been coated with olive oil.
• Before baking drizzle chicken breast with olive oil, and sprinkle with cracked black pepper.
• Bake uncovered at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes.
• Remove chicken to platter and cover with foil. Deglaze baking pan, over medium heat with chicken broth and Marsala wine, let reduce to about 1/2 then swirl in 1 tablespoon of cold unsalted butter.
• Pour sauce over chicken, and garnish with sprigs of Italian parsley and halved fresh figs.
• Mangia!

TUSCAN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Break sausage into an ovenproof skillet over medium heat; cook and stir, breaking the meat into small pieces as it cooks, until completely browned, about 10 minutes. Drain excess fat from the skillet.
• Stir spaghetti sauce, cannellini beans, and thyme through the drained sausage. Bring the mixture to a simmer; cook at a simmer until hot, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir cheese through the mixture until melted evenly throughout.
• Arrange crescent roll dough triangles atop the sausage mixture in a spiral pattern with points of dough toward the center, covering the sausage mixture completely.
• Bake in preheated oven until crust is golden brown and meat mixture is hot and bubbly, about 12 minutes.