Fennel, Chanterelle, and Chicken en Croute
- 1 cup diced chanterelles
- 1 tablespoon diced leeks
- 1 tablespoon diced onions
- 2 tablespoons port wine
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 chicken boned and skinned, halved
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup leeks, diced
- 1/4 cup onions, diced
- 1/4 cup fresh fennel, diced
- 1 garlic clove, mashed and diced
- 1/2 teaspoon Herbs du Provence
- Pinch nutmeg
- 2 ounces Chablis
- Salt and pepper
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- Egg wash, for sealing the edges
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Stuffing: Saute chanterelles, leeks, and onions until transparent.
- Add wine and let boil and reduce until almost dry.
- Add heavy cream and reduce until thick.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Let cool completely.
- Make a slit on side of breast and using the back of a wooden spoon, open the slit into a pocket.
- Stuff it with the mushroom mixture.
- In a hot, ovenproof skillet, saute chicken in butter.
- Turn when slightly brown and place in oven and bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove from oven, pour off excess grease, and set breasts aside to rest.
- Place pan on stove, add the leeks, onion, and fennel.
- Let cook until translucent.
- Add the garlic and Herbes de Provence and stir until aromatic.
- Deglaze with the Chablis and season with salt and pepper.
- Let simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Roll out the puff pastry dough and halve width-wise into two short rectangles.
- Place a chicken breast in the bottom half of the dough.
- Top with half the fennel sauce.
- Fold the long part of the dough over the chicken and press the edges to seal with a fork.
- Brush with egg white wash. Poke a design in the top of the crust with a knife.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/fennel-chanterelle-and-chicken-en-croute-recipe.html (may not work)