Chicken & pesto roll-ups

Chicken & pesto roll-ups

If you're sick of pasta and potatoes, try these cheesy chicken pancakes - ideal for a family supper

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Ready in about an hour
Freezable

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Put the butter, flour and milk in a pan and whisk over a medium heat until the mixture boils and thickens. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the Parmesan and half the gruyère and season with salt and ground black pepper.
  2. Pour one third of the sauce into a bowl and stir in the pesto. Lay out the pancakes and spoon a dollop of sauce in the centre of each one. Top with the chicken and artichokes then fold in the sides of the pancakes and roll them up.
  3. Arrange the pancakes in a single layer in a buttered large shallow baking dish (about 25 x 30cm) and pour over the remaining sauce. Scatter with the rest of the gruyère. (If making ahead, cool, cover and chill for up to a day, or freeze for up to a month.)
  4. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes until the sauce is bubbling and golden. Serve with a green salad.

Per serving

730 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 38g, fat 44 g, saturated fat 24g, fibre 2g, salt 2.08 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2003.

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  • Binder photo White Jeans

    31 October 2007

    White Jeans rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This was reasonably easy to make but ultimately a bit bland. Definitely needed a good salad to go with it to make it interesting.

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  • Binder photo Philippa

    01 November 2007

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    02 November 2007

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  • Binder photo lyndsey

    06 November 2007

    lyndsey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Fantastic romantic meal along with the chocolate souffles. It definitely needs some salad to break it up as the taste is delicious but very intesne. Would definitely make for a special occasion again!

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  • Binder photo Katherine

    11 November 2007

    Katherine commented on this recipe

    very easy to cook but i found the texture rather unappealing, it was all to musshy with the pancakes. Although the pancakes are being used for an alternative to pasta or potatoes i think they would be much more appropriate

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  • Binder photo Ben

    16 December 2007

    Ben rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Agree with Katherine - the flavour was nice but the texture was all a bit too stodgy.

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  • Binder photo Louise

    18 March 2008

    Louise rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I think the recipe suggests far too much sauce. I just used a spoonful of the sauce on top on each pancake so that the top crisped up in places. It was lovely but I wouldn't fancy dredging it with all that sauce, would be very soggy.

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  • Binder photo Jennahead

    09 July 2010

    Jennahead rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    We've made this lots of times, adding roasted peppers, chicken and whatever else comes to hand! Lovely! And a nice change. Definitely one to have with a nice salad though.

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  • Binder photo flo

    09 March 2011

    flo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    after reading some of the comments I only used 300mls of milk in the sauce and it wasn't at all sloppy, the chicken I cooked on my george forman grill as always so the outer was crispy which gave it some substance, I got a resounding thumbs up for a pancake night with a difference and asked if I'd make them again sometime, the only downer was the pancakes stuck to the bottom of the pyrex dish I cooked them in :-((((

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  • Binder photo emmetn

    01 March 2013

    emmetn rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Delicious! Made this for my girlfriend on pancake day and after one bit she said she thought it was the nicest thing i'd ever made. I wouldn't got that fa personally but it was very nice, pretty easy to make and tasted great, quite different. I know what people mean about it being stodgy but that's because pancakes are quite stodgy; you could make it with pasta instead if you wanted and it would still be great. I will definitely be making this again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Ready in about an hour
Freezable

Make ahead

Ingredients

  • 25g butter
  • 25g plain flour
  • 600ml milk
  • 50g grated fresh Parmesan
  • 100g Gruyère
  • 6 tbsp pesto
  • 8 pancakes (see recipe link below)
  • 2 cooked skinless, boneless chicken breasts , shredded
  • 285g jar artichoke hearts in oil, drained and quartered if necessary
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Per serving

730 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 38g, fat 44 g, saturated fat 24g, fibre 2g, salt 2.08 g

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