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Sunblushed tomato and basil filled Chicken Supreme

Ingredients

Pre-heat oven 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4

5 Chicken breasts with bone in
1 egg
1 tbsp basil, chopped
2 oz/50 g sunblushed tomatoes
Pinch salt
25 ml double cream
2 tbsp olive oil
16 Pancetta slices

Serves: 4
Prep time: 80
Cook time: 25

Method

Take 4 of the chicken breasts and trim away flesh from the bone and turn the breast skin side down. Now take a sharp knife and carefully cut a ½ inch deep incision into the thickest part of the breast (be careful not to cut all the way through) to create a neat pocket.

Place the remaining breast into a blender along with the egg, basil, tomatoes, cream and seasoning and blend for 30 seconds and fill each pocket up with the mixture, then wrap each breast in 4 slices of pancetta.

Now heat up the oil in a large non stick frying pan and seal the breast on both sides and transfer to a roasting tin and cook in the oven for 20 minutes.