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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Chicken Saltimbocca and Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce




8-10 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves THIN cut
4 tablespoons butter
4 garlic gloves minced

Heat up butter and garlic on stove till garlic is soft.  Place chicken in butter/garlic and cook just to seal in the juice.  Your chicken should be white all over.  About 3 min each side.  Place on a cookie sheet with parchment paper or sprayed.  I added SOME of the butter/garlic that was left in the pan to the top of each chicken. 

Start Sauce while chicken is cooking IF you are making pasta to go with it.

2 garlic cloves, minced
4 tbsp. butter
2 c. heavy cream/milk
1 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. Parmesan cheese, grated
1 TBSP lemon juice

In a saucepan over medium heat melt butter and cook garlic 4 min. Add cream or milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook to heat through. Add thickener if needed.  Add to cooked and drained pasta.
Set aside until pasta and chicken is cooked. Before serving add Parmesan cheese and the lemon juice. Adjust seasonings as desired. Cover and set aside keeping warm.

Finish CHICKEN (this only takes a few minutes to prepare)

Pre-heat oven 300

Salt
Basil Leaves
Prosciutto
Mozzarella thinly sliced strips

Sprinkle a little salt on top of chicken.  Place a few basil leaves on each piece of chicken, strips of prosciutto and finally your strips of mozzarella. Bake for 15 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Pork Chops Marsala with Sweet Potatoes and Asparagus

6 to 8 organic boneless pork loin chops
Salt
Pepper
1/2 tsp thyme
3 garlic gloves minced
Olive Oil
REAL butter
1 package sliced cremini mushrooms (came in a sealed package)
1/2 white onion, chopped (could use a shallot too if preferred)
One bunch of asparagus
3 large sweet potatoes and 1 large yam
4 slices Prosciutto (meat section... yes, I didn't have a clue what this was, I thought it was cheese)
1/2 organic chicken broth
1/3 cup Marsala wine


Directions:
1.Sprinkle salt and pepper on pork chops.
2.Peel and cut potatoes into 2 inch chunks. Boil accordingly to make mashed potatoes.
3.Heat large skillet with about 2 tsp olive oil and brown chops evenly on both sides with center slightly pink. About six minutes turning over once. Remove from skillet and set aside.
4.Heat about 1 tsp olive oil to the same skillet. Add onions, mushrooms and thyme. Cook until mushrooms are brown and onions are soft. About 5 minutes.
5.While onion and mushroom mix is cooking add chopped Prosciutto and butter to a separate skillet. Cook about 2 minutes and add asparagus and garlic. Cook to your own preference.
6.Add broth and wine to mushroom mix and simmer on low about 5 minutes.
7.Drain potatoes and mash with 1 tbs butter, a bit of heavy whipping cream ( or milk) and salt.
8.Pour sauce over pork chops and serve with asparagus and sweet potato mix