Caramelized Apple Stuffed Chicken Breast with Fontina and Bing Cherries
- 2 ounces red wine vinegar
- 3 ounces apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 4 teaspoons honey
- 7 ounces olive oil
- 8 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 medium Fuji apples
- 1 ounce unsalted butter
- 6 1/2 ounces fontina cheese, shredded
- 6 1/2 ounces dried bing cherries, roughly chopped
- For the marinade: Place the red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, the mustards, and honey in a food processor.
- Turn it on and drizzle in the olive oil until fully incorporated (emulsified).
- Marinate the chicken breasts overnight in this mixture.
- Preheat grill or grill pan on high.
- Remove chicken breasts from the marinade and transfer to a plate.
- Season them with salt and pepper.
- Mark the chicken breasts by grilling them only long enough to make grill marks and then rotating them about 45 degrees to make crosshatch marks.
- Do this on 1 side only.
- The chicken breasts should still be completely raw inside.
- Hold breasts in refrigerator until ready to stuff.
- For the stuffing: Peel, core, and very roughly chop the apples.
- Melt the butter in a saute pan over medium/high heat and add the apples.
- Cook the apples for roughly 5 to 10 minutes or until they are deeply browned.
- Remove from heat and transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Add the fontina and cherries and mix.
- Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
- For the chicken: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Cut a slit in the side of each breast (in the thicker part) about 1-inch wide, creating a pocket almost as large as the breast itself.
- Stuff the breasts with the apple stuffing mix cramming in as much as possible without ripping the breast.
- At this point the breasts are ready to bake and can either be held in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours or baked right away.
- When ready to bake, place on a baking sheet and bake for about 12 to 15 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer registers 155 degrees F in the thickest part of the breast.
red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, mustard, honey, olive oil, chicken breasts, salt, apples, butter, fontina cheese, bing cherries
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/caramelized-apple-stuffed-chicken-breast-with-fontina-and-bing-cherries-recipe.html (may not work)