BRIE-STUFFED CHICKEN WITH A CRUNCHY SWEET POTATO MASH
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- 25g/1oz Brie
- sliced
- 4 fresh basil leaves
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tsp olive oil
- ½ cooked sweet potato
- boiled until cooked through
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 15g/½oz butter
- 25g/1oz unsalted cashew nuts
- chopped
- 50g/2oz mangetout
- blanched
- 1 tsp olive oil
- few fresh basil leaves
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
- For the chicken
- cut a pocket down the side of the beast using a sharp knife and stuff with the Brie and basil
- then season
- with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Heat the oil in an ovenproof frying pan over a high heat. Place the chicken breast in the pan and cook for two minutes
- on each side
- until golden brown.
- Place the frying pan into the oven and roast for 15-20 minutes
- or until completely cooked through.
- For the sweet potato
- place the cooked potato
- oil and butter into a bowl and mash
- then fold in the cashew nuts.
- To serve
- toss the mangetout with the oil in a bowl and place on a serving plate. Place the chicken breast and mashed potato onto the plate. Garnish with a few basil leaves.

