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Prosciutto-Wrapped Swiss Chicken

Prosciutto-Wrapped Swiss Chicken

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with Creamy Rigatoni, Spinach & Toasted Panko

Yield: 2

Based on Italian saltimbocca. The chicken is wrapped in slices of salty, luscious prosciutto, seared until it’s delightfully crisp, then roasted with Swiss cheese on top. Served over creamy rigatoni with fresh spinach and a crunchy panko topping.
Prep: 5 Cook: 35

  • 2oz prosciutto
  • 1oz chicken stock concentrate
  • 2TBS cream cheese
  • ¼cups panko breadcrumbs
  • 10oz chicken cutlets
  • 2slices Swiss cheese
  • 6oz rigatoni pasta
  • 2TBS garlic herb butter
  • 4oz cream sauce base (recipe follows)
  • 5oz spinach
  • salt & pepper
  • 1tsp olive oil
  • 1tsp cooking oil
  • 2TBS butter

Prep & toast panko:

Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425°F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce.

Halve, peel, and finely dice shallot.

Melt 1 TBS plain butter in a large, preferably ovenproof, pan over medium heat. Add panko, a pinch of salt, and pepper, cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 3- to 5-minutes. Turn off heat, transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.

Wrap chicken:

Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels, season all over with salt and pepper.

Lay two slices of prosciutto beside each other on the work surface. Place a chicken cutlet along bottom of slices, tightly roll up prosciutto around chicken. Repeat with remaining prosciutto and chicken.

Sear chicken:

Heat a drizzle of olive oil in pan used for panko over medium-high heat. Add wrapped chicken and cook until browned, 2- to 3-minutes per side (it’ll finish cooking in the next step).

Tip: If your pan isn’t ovenproof, transfer chicken to a baking sheet.

Roast chicken & cook pasta:

Top chicken with Swiss cheese, transfer pan to oven. Roast on top rack until chicken is cooked through and cheese has melted, 10-15 minutes.

Turn off heat, transfer chicken to a cutting board to rest. Reserve pan.

While chicken is roasting, once water is boiling, add rigatoni to pot, cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain.

Make sauce:

While pasta cooks, heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for chicken over medium- high heat, add shallot, a pinch of salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened, 2- to 4-minutes.

Stir in stock concentrate, garlic herb butter, cream sauce base, cream cheese, and ¾ cup reserved pasta cooking water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 5- to 8-minutes.

Toss pasta:

Add drained rigatoni and spinach to pan with sauce, cook, stirring, until spinach begins to wilt, 1- to 2-minutes.

Turn off heat and stir in 1 TBS plain butter until melted. Taste and season with salt and pepper.

Tip: If needed, stir in more pasta cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce.

Finish & serve:

Slice chicken crosswise.

Divide pasta between plates. Top with toasted panko and chicken. Serve.

Tip: If you prefer, serve chicken alongside the pasta instead.

Cream Sauce Base

1-1/2oz (3 Tbsp) unsalted butter

3 Tbsp unbleached all purpose flour

1-3/4 cups whole milk, heated

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Small pinch freshly grated nutmeg

Roux:

Melt butter in a small pan, stir in flour and cook for a couple of minutes.

Sauce:

Whisk in milk, kosher salt, black pepper and pinch of nutmeg.

Buttery Garlic Herb Chicken

Buttery Garlic Herb Chicken

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with Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus & Herbed Potatoes

Yield: 2

Adaped from: Hello Fresh

Garlic-herb buttery chicken with pan sauce accompanied by prosciutto-wrapped asparagus and herbed roast potatoes.
Prep: 5 Cook: 40

  • 12oz potatoes
  • 6oz asparagus
  • 10oz chicken cutlets
  • 5tsp truffle oil
  • 3cloves garlic
  • 2TBS garlic herb butter
  • 2oz prosciutto
  • 1oz chicken demi-glace
  • 4TBS crème fraiche or sour cream
  • salt & pepper
  • 1TBS cooking oil

Roast potatoes & garlic:

Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450°F. Bring garlic herb butter to room temperature. Wash and dry produce.

Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces, toss on one side of a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.

Peel garlic. Place whole cloves in the center of a small piece of foil. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper. Cinch into a packet and place on same sheet.

Roast on top rack until potatoes are browned and tender and garlic is softened, 20-25 minutes. (You’ll add more to the sheet after 15 minutes.)

Prep asparagus:

Trim and discard woody bottom ends from asparagus.

Gather asparagus into four even bundles on a clean work surface. Starting 1 inch from the bottom of the spears, roll up each bundle in a slice of prosciutto, so that the prosciutto covers as much length as possible.

Tip: Tug the prosciutto a little as you wrap to keep it tight around the asparagus.

Roast asparagus:

Once potatoes have roasted 15 minutes, remove from oven. Carefully place wrapped asparagus on empty side. Roast until asparagus are tender and prosciutto is crispy on the bottom, 10 minutes.

Remove from oven, flip wrapped asparagus. Return to oven until crispy all over, 2- to 4-minutes more.

Cook chicken:

Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels, season generously all over with salt and pepper.

Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 3- to 5-minutes per side.

In the last 2 minutes of cooking, reduce heat to low, add half the garlic herb butter to pan. Spoon over chicken until coated. Turn off heat, leaving butter in pan, transfer chicken to a cutting board. Tent with foil to keep warm.

Make sauce:

While chicken rests, carefully transfer garlic to a cutting board and mash cloves with a fork until smooth.

Heat pan used for chicken over medium high heat. Stir in demi-glace and ¼ cup water, simmer until slightly thickened, 2- to 3-minutes. Turn off heat.

Stir in crème fraîche and garlic.

Tip: If sauce seems too thick, add water 1 tsp at a time until it reaches a drizzling consistency.

Season with a pinch of salt and pepper if desired.

Finish & serve:

Once potatoes are finished roasting, drizzle with truffle oil to taste, carefully toss to coat.

Divide chicken, wrapped asparagus, and potatoes between plates. Drizzle chicken with as much sauce as you like. Serve with any remaining sauce on the side for dipping.

Roasted Onions Stuffed with Prosciutto & Parmesan

Roasted Onions Stuffed with Prosciutto & Parmesan

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Yield: 4 Servings
Gordon Hammersley / Fine Cooking issue 23

This is a great side dish for braised or roasted meats.

  • 4medium onions
  • 2TBS olive oil
  • 1½cups dry white wine
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2sprigs fresh thyme
  • ⅔cup dry breadcrumbs
  • ½cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano
  • ¼lb prosciutto, coarsely chopped
  • 2TBS heavy cream
  • 1½tsp chopped fresh thyme
  • 1TBS chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley


Heat the oven to 425°F. Slice off the top quarter of the onions. Peel them and trim the bottoms just enough to make them sit flat.

Heat the oil in a heavy-based ovenproof skillet until hot. Put the onions, cut side down, into the pan and cook just the cut side until well browned, about 5 min. Take the pan off the heat. Turn the onions cut side up and pour the wine over them. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Add the thyme sprigs to the pan and bake the onions until just tender when poked with a knife, about 1 hour.

Remove the onions from the skillet (reserving the liquid in the pan) and let them cool slightly. With a spoon, scoop out the inside of each onion, leaving a rim 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick (about two layers of onion). Chop enough of the scooped-out onion to make about 1/3 cup.

In a medium bowl, mix the chopped onion with the breadcrumbs, Parmigiano, prosciutto, cream, chopped thyme, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Divide the filling among the hollowed onions, return the onions to the skillet with the liquid, and put the skillet back in the oven. Bake until the onions are very tender and the filling is hot, about 20 minutes. Serve with some of the pan juices spooned over the onions.