Roasted chicken breast with thyme served with apple sauce and salad on the side
Ingredients:
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Two
chicken breast
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6 or 8
slices of cheese
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Salt,
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thyme
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Two
medium size apples.
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One lemon
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Cinnamon
sticks
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A glass
of water
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¼ cup of
brown sugar (we could also use white sugar)
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Lettuce
Firstly Preheat the oven to 400ºF (200ºC )/gas 6. In the meanwhile trim and
wash four lettuce leaves and leave them on the side. Then Make 6 or 8 slices out
of the piece of hard cheese, and leave it aside.
Secondly prepare the apple sauce;
peel, core and quartered apples and put them in a large pot with a glass of
water, some cinnamon sticks and lemon peals.. Cover it and bring it to boil.
Lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the cinnamon and the lemon peels
and smash the apples with a potato masher. This sauce can be served either warm
or refrigerated.
Then remove the skin from the chicken
breast, add them a pinch of sea salt, set them on a plate and sprinkle the
breast with some thyme.
Afterwards peel and trim the onion, Remove
the outer leaves and slice it into thin rings and add them to a bowl. Then add the
leaves of a few sprigs of fresh thyme, a good glug of olive oil, a small knob
of butter and freshly ground black pepper and a small swig of white wine and
toss together.
Place the onion and flavorings from
the bowl into the tray, wrap the chicken breast in 60r 8 slices of cheese, and
place it over on the tray. Drizzle it with olive oil, place a couple of whole
thyme sprigs on top and cook in the middle of the oven for about 30 minutes.
By Mercedes Martín. Advanced level. Year 2
Very sophisticated, thanks for the tip!
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