BACON-WRAPPED CHICKEN WITH CHEESE AND POTATO TOWER
BACON-WRAPPED CHICKEN WITH CHEESE AND POTATO TOWER
BACON-WRAPPED CHICKEN WITH CHEESE AND POTATO TOWER

Ingredients
  • ½ chicken breast
  • 25g/1oz Wensleydale cheese
  • chopped
  • 100g/3½oz streaky bacon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • plus extra to grease
  • ½ potato
  • peeled and thinly sliced
  • 25g/1oz Wensleydale cheese
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Using a sharp knife
  • cut a pocket halfway into the chicken breast. Stuff the cheese into the pocket and wrap the chicken in the streaky bacon
  • to seal up the pocket.
  • Heat an ovenproof frying pan and
  • when hot
  • add the wrapped chicken breast and fry for two minutes on each side
  • until the bacon is golden but not crisp. Transfer to the oven and cook for five minutes
  • or until completely cooked through. (You will know the chicken is cooked when if pierced the juices run clear.)
  • To make the potato tower
  • place a 5cm/2in greased chefs' ring onto a clean work surface. Add alternate layers of potato and cheese
  • seasoning well with salt and freshly ground black pepper between each layer.
  • Heat the oil in an ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat. Carefully lift the chefs' ring and add to the pan. Cook for two minutes on each side
  • then transfer to the oven and bake for 12 minutes.
  • To serve
  • push the potato and cheese tower out of the chefs' ring onto a plate and serve the chicken alongside.