Saturday 14 April 2012

Tartine Al Pollo


There’s no avoiding the fact that he loves sandwiches, so you may as well try to make him the best. This recipe was originally meant to be an Italian antipasto. It’s ended up his favourite sandwich filling. Would be great for a picnic.

45g butter
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 chicken breasts, thinly sliced
4 tbsp marsala wine
2 tbsp sweet mustard
8 slices brown bread
3 lettuce leaves, chopped
1 tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped
Salt & pepper

Melt 1 tbsp of the butter with the oil and sauté the chicken until golden. Add the marsala and salt & pepper and cook for about 5 minutes, until the liquid is gone. Remove the chicken and allow it to cool.

Cream the butter with the mustard. Many Polish mustards are mild and sweet so choose something not too overpowering. Also the bread should be as fresh as possible. If he’s having a sandwich lunch, make it as good as it can be.

Spread the butter/mustard on the bread, and top with the lettuce and then the chicken.  Sprinkle with the parsley and top with the other slice of bread. Note this is one of the rare occasions that he will willingly eat brown bread!

Serve with watercress and radishes.

Properly this is an Italian starter but the boy really sees this as lunch, and will want to eat enough of these to make it a meal. Don’t fight it; though do try press the watercress and radishes. Wedges of tomato won’t go amiss either. 

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