Bacon-wrapped chicken breast with cauliflower purée

 


Bacon-wrapped chicken breast with cauliflower purée

Ingredients

Cauliflower purée

4 garlic cloves, pressed

2 oz. butter

¾ lb cauliflower

1⁄3 cup heavy whipping cream

salt and pepper to taste

Chicken

1 lb chicken breasts

10 oz. bacon

2 tbsp butter or olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

1 lb (15 cups) fresh spinach

Instructions

Press the garlic cloves hard with the handle of a knife so they get slightly mashed. Peel off the skin. Butter-fry over medium heat until golden. Watch out—it can go from golden to burned in a flash, and burned garlic is bitter. Remove from heat and leave the garlic in the pan while you do the rest.

Rinse and trim the cauliflower and divide it into smaller florets. Cook in lightly salted water until tender (5–10 minutes). Remove the florets with a strainer ladle and reserve some of the water.

Put the cauliflower in a blender or food processor together with the garlic cloves and the pan juices. The pan juices add additional flavor!

Add the cream and purée until smooth. If needed you can add some of the reserved cooking water to the purée to make it thinner. Start with a few tablespoons of cooking water and add more if needed, until you reach the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Wrap one or two slices of bacon around each chicken breast. Fry in oil or butter until the bacon turns a nice color. Keep frying in the pan over low heat or place in a hot oven 400°F (200°C) for 15 minutes. Use a meat thermometer if you're unsure; at 165°F (74°C) the chicken breast is ready.

Remove the chicken from the pan and keep warm for a few minutes while you use the same pan to fry the spinach. Serve immediately with the purée.

 

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