Chicken Saltimbocca - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 whole medium chicken breasts (2 1/2 lb.)
6 thin slices boiled ham
6 thin slices Swiss cheese
1 medium tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
dried sage, crushed
1/3 c. fine dry bread crumbs
2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp. snipped parsley
1/4 c. butter or margarine, melted

Preparation

Skin, half and bone chicken breasts.
Pound lightly with a meat mallet, forming a rectangle, about 1/8-inch thick.
Repeat with remaining chicken.
Place a ham slice and a cheese slice on each cutlet, trimming to fit within 1/4-inch of edges.
Top with some chopped tomato; sprinkle lightly with sage.
Fold in sides; roll up jelly roll style, pressing to seal.
Combine crumbs, cheese and parsley.
Dip chicken in butter, then roll in crumbs.
Bake in a shallow baking pan in 350\u00b0 oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
Remove to a serving platter.
Stir mixture remaining in pan until smooth; spoon over chicken.
Serves 6.