Chicken Breasts, Roasted Bacon, Pears In Mustard Cream - cooking recipe

Ingredients

CHICKEN
4 chicken breast halves, bone in
4 slices bacon, sliced
1 1/2 onions, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon coarse grain mustard
1 teaspoon coarse grain mustard
2/3 cup heavy cream
2/3 cup dry white wine (not cooking wine)
2 3/4 seckel pears, cored and sliced
2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
salt and pepper, to taste
GARNISH
fresh thyme sprig

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F.
In medium skillet over medium heat, place bacon and cook until crisp, about 3 minutes.
*(My way of cooking bacon is to roast it in a 400\u00b0F oven, for about 15-20 minutes until the bacon is crispy. Lay on paper-towel lined plate and allow to cool.)*
Add onion and garlic; cook until very soft and sweet, about 8 minutes.
Stir in mustard, cream and white wine. Add crumbled bacon pieces. Taste for seasoning.
Place pear slices in the bottom of 9\"x13\" glass baking dish. Place chicken breasts on top of pears.
Spoon mustard sauce over chicken; sprinkle with chopped thyme.
Place chicken in oven and bake 40-45 minutes, until chicken is brown and cooked through and pears are tender. Baste chicken with sauce as it cooks.
Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.
Serve with fresh asparagus stalks and brown rice.