Holiday Chicken Presents
- 1 pound chicken breast halves boneless and skinless
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 shallots chopped
- 1 tablespoon marsala wine
- 2 cups fresh mushrooms sliced
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons sherry
- 1 teaspoon grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 ounces frozen puff pastry packet, 17 1/4 ea thawed
- 12 Swiss cheese slices 1 oz ea
- 12 ham slices country, 1 oz ea
- 1 egg white lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine melted
- 1/4 cup dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt. Cook chicken in a lightly greased nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 7 to 8 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Remove from skillet; chop chicken, and set aside. I grill mine.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in nonstick skillet over medium heat; add shallots and onion, and saute 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, and saute 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low; add cream cheese and milk, stirring until blended. I add Marsala here as well as a good squirt of dijon
- Remove from heat; add chopped chicken. Stir in sherry and next 3 ingredients.
- Unfold 3 pastry sheets on a lightly floured surface; cut into fourths. Roll into 10-inch squares.
- Place 1 cheese slice and 1 ham slice on center of each puff pastry square; top with 1/4 cup chicken mixture. Bring corners together over filling, gently pressing to seal.
- Cut remaining pastry sheet into thin strips; tie each bundle with pastry ribbon. Place on a baking sheet; brush with egg white.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes or until golden. Whisk together melted butter and next 3 ingredients. Serve over pastry bundles. I didn't do the lemon juice in the butter but I did do it in the ingredients. When you remove the pastry, glaze with butter and mustard.
chicken, garlic salt, butter, shallots, marsala wine, mushrooms, cream cheese, milk, sherry, parmesan cheese, salt, freshly ground black pepper, pastry packet, swiss cheese, ham slices country, egg, butter, dijon mustard, poppy seeds, lemon juice
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Holiday-Chicken-Presents-1661266 (may not work)