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Brie and Bacon Chicken Breasts

09 Friday Sep 2016

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Brie and bacon chicken

 

What you will need:
(for two)
2 skinless chicken breasts
4-6 slices of bacon
4 thin slices of brie
1 garlic clove
Mixed herbs or pesto
Half an onion (optional)
Pepper and NO salt (the bacon has enough of that)

Serve with a side veg and either pasta or potatoes or even a nice green salad.

Pre-heat your oven to 200C. Slice the chicken horizontally but make sure you don’t slice all the way through and leave one side attached.  Open up the chicken so it looks a bit like a heart and place two slice of brie, half of a chopped garlic, herbs and pepper. Close up the chicken and wrap it with 3 slices of bacon. The bacon will act as a plaster round the slit chicken so that the brie stays in the chicken as much as possible.

Place both chicken breasts in an oven dish.

If you decide to add some sliced onions (does make it yummy) then add just a little olive oil to the onions and with your hands make sure it covers all the onions (this will stop them burning). Then add a tiny bit of water (so it covers about a millimeter of the dish), you don’t need much with this dish as bacon now a days always seems to be full of it.

Place in the oven for about 30 minutes, check on the chicken half way through.

This shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to prepare. It’s a very easy meal to make and is really full of flavours.

Enjoy!
Mel

Pumpkin soup in a pumpkin

03 Saturday Dec 2011

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I remember my mum making pumpkin soup in the pumpkin itself when I was younger. So when I went to Alexis’ in Belgium and saw that his parents had pumpkins growing in their garden I took one straight back with us to London and gave it a try.

Now I have to be honest with you and say that I fell asleep in front of the tv whilst it was in the oven so I’m not sure how long it should be in the oven. Mine was over-cooked as it was in there for too long, that is for 2h30mins so it probably should be in the oven for 1h30. Though check it throughout cooking time as it will also depend on the size of your pumpkin.

What you will need:

One medium size pumpkin
2 onion
4 garlic cloves
3 slices of bread
Cream
Herbs (I used tyme)

Heat your oven to 200C. Cut the top of the pumpkin off and empty its seeds. With a spoon scrape out some of the pumpkin and put in a bowl. Slice your onions, garlic and fry in a pan until slightly golden and then add the pumpkin, continue to cook for a few minutes. In the pumkin add a bit of the onion mixture, add a bit of cream, herbs and a slice of bread and continue layering. You can add sliced bacon or anything else you want in your soup. At the end add about half a glass of water. Put the top back onto the pumpkin. Put the pumkin in a round cake tray as this will help it keep it structure. Place the pumpkin in the oven for 1 to 1 and a half hour . You can pick the top with a knife when it goes through the pumkin is cooked.

Enjoy!
Mel