Chicken Valdostano - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    6 slices Fontina cheese
    6 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
    6 slices prosciutto, thinly sliced
    1 teaspoon fresh ground white pepper
    3/4 cup chicken stock
    3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
    2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    10 fresh mushrooms, sliced
    1/4 cup unsalted butter
    3/4 cup dry white wine
    6 ounces fresh Baby Spinach
Preparation
    Lightly flour chicken breasts, shaking off excess flour.
    In a large skillet over low heat, melt butter/margarine. Add chicken and saute until lightly browned, about 2 minutes each side.
    Remove with slotted spatula and set aside.
    Increase heat to medium low. Add mushrooms and saute until juices are rendered, about 4 minutes.
    Add wine and simmer until reduced by 1/4, about 3 to 4 minutes. Increase heat to medium high. Add stock, parsley and pepper and simmer until sauce reduced to 1 cup, about 10 minutes.
    Reduce heat to low. Add spinich ccok 1 minute more.
    Top each chicken breast with a slice of prosciutto and a slice of fontina cheese.
    Return chicken to skillet and cook just until cheese melts. Transfer chicken to individual plates and top each with some of the mushroom /spinich sauce before serving.

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