Name: Baked chicory with chicken in a sage & mustard sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 head of white chicory; 1 tbsp olive oil; 3 tbsp dry white wine chicken stock or water; 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts; 25g butter; 1 shallot finely chopped; 1 garlic clove chopped; 25g butter; 1 tbsp plain flour; 300ml milk; 150ml crème fraîche or soured cream; 4-6 sage leaves, chopped; 2-3 tsp smooth Dijon mustard; 2-3 tsp grainy Dijon mustard; 50g grated gruyère or cheshire cheese

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Baked chicory with chicken in a sage & mustard sauce

Baked chicory with chicken in a sage & mustard sauce

Geraldene Holt

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins - 15 mins

Cook: 35 mins - 40 mins

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A perfectly creamy chicory and chicken dish for a dinner party

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Ingredients

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3 head of white chicory
1 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp dry white wine

chicken stock or water
4 skinless boneless chicken

breasts
25g butter
1 shallot

finely chopped
1 garlic clove

chopped

For the sauce

25g butter
1 tbsp plain flour
300ml milk
150ml crème fraîche

or soured cream
4-6 sage

leaves, chopped
2-3 tsp smooth Dijon mustard
2-3 tsp grainy Dijon mustard
50g grated gruyère

or cheshire cheese

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal510
fat32g
saturates18g
carbs11g
sugars0g
fibre1g
protein42g
salt1.16g

low

Method

step 1

Preheat your oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Trim away the stalk ends of the chicory, discard any limp or tired outer leaves, then cut the vegetable lengthways into quarters. Pour the oil over the bottom of a large shallow baking dish and arrange the sections of chicory, cut-side up, in a single layer. Pour over the wine, stock or water and cover with foil. Bake for 10 minutes while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
step 2

Slice the chicken into strips 1cm thick. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Melt the butter in a large frying pan until foaming, add sliced chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes or until the chicken is just turning golden brown. Stir in the shallot and garlic and cook for 1 minute. Remove the dish from the oven and add the chicken mixture to the chicory. Replace the foil and set the dish aside while you make the sauce.
step 3

Melt the butter for the sauce in the frying pan (no need to wash it) then stir in the flour. Gradually pour in the milk, stirring all the time until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in the crème fraîche or soured cream and sage with 2 tsp each of both mustards. Taste and add extra mustard plus salt and pepper if you think they’re needed.
step 4

Pour the sauce over the chicory and chicken and sprinkle cheese on top. Bake, uncovered, for a further 25-30 minutes until the sauce is bubbling and the top is golden.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2004

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