Italian roast chicken with rosemary potatoes recipe
“The beauty of this dish is that it looks impressive enough to offer as a dinner party dish, and it is also quick and simple enough to serve as a weekday supper for all the family. The chicken can be stuffed and wrapped in the ham ahead of cooking and kept in the fridge, and the potatoes can also be diced and tossed with the olive oil well ahead of cooking – which is often vital when you have a busy family life.”
Ingredients
- 750 g Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and diced into 2cm cubes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 plump cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 stalks rosemary, leaves chopped
- 4 skinless chicken breasts
- 250 g mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 8 basil leaves
- 8 slices pancetta or Parma ham
- 175 g cherry tomatoes
- 26.5 oz Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and diced into 2cm cubes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 plump cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 stalks rosemary, leaves chopped
- 4 skinless chicken breasts
- 8.8 oz mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 8 basil leaves
- 8 slices pancetta or Parma ham
- 6.2 oz cherry tomatoes
- 26.5 oz Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and diced into 2cm cubes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 plump cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 stalks rosemary, leaves chopped
- 4 skinless chicken breasts
- 8.8 oz mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 8 basil leaves
- 8 slices pancetta or Parma ham
- 6.2 oz cherry tomatoes
Details
- Cuisine: Italian
- Recipe Type: Main
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 20 mins
- Cooking Time: 40 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Pre-heat your oven to 200C/180C fan/gas mark 6.
- Put the cubed potatoes into a roasting tray and toss in 2 tbsp of the olive oil, the garlic, chopped rosemary, salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast for 20 minutes, turning occasionally. If they are starting to brown too quickly, cover loosely with foil.
- Using a sharp knife, make a deep incision down one side of each chicken breast to form a pocket in each. Divide the sliced mozzarella and basil leaves between them and place into the pockets, season with salt and pepper. Wrap two slices of pancetta or Parma ham around each stuffed chicken breast and sit the chicken in a baking dish. Drizzle with the remaining olive oil and place in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Scatter the cherry tomatoes around the chicken and return to the oven for a further 8-10 minutes until the tomato skins have split and they are starting to become all juicy. Serve the cooked chicken and tomatoes with the crunchy flavoursome potatoes.
Potato Week runs from 6th-12th October 2014
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