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Dairy Council

Young Cook Finalist Recipes

Goat’s Cheese and Thyme Stuffed Chicken

Servings
Serves 4
Chef
Grace Kettyle
School
Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School
Teacher
Mrs Heather Kettyle Key Stage 3

Ingredients

4 Northern Ireland skinless chicken breasts

125g Northern Ireland firm goat’s cheese

2 tsp fresh thyme leaves

4 rashers Northern Ireland streaky or back bacon

2 courgettes

4 tbsp olive oil

300g vine tomatoes

1kg potatoes

200ml Northern Ireland semi–skimmed milk

25g Northern Ireland half–fat butter

1–2 tbsp wholegrain mustard

2 tbsp olive oil

250g vine–ripened cherry tomatoes

2 tsp sherry vinegar

200ml Northern Ireland half–fat crème fraîche

50g Northern Ireland half–fat butter

Servings
Serves 4
Chef
Grace Kettyle
School
Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School
Teacher
Mrs Heather Kettyle Key Stage 3

Method

Heat the oven to 190ºC. Split the chicken breasts almost in half from one long side and open them out like a little book. Flatten them out a little with a rolling pin and put a quarter of the goat’s cheese on each piece and sprinkle with thyme leaves. Fold the chicken over and wrap each one in a slice of bacon.

Lightly oil a casserole dish. Then arrange overlapping rows of courgettes and tomatoes over the base. Drizzle with olive oil and set the chicken on top.

Bake for 40–45 minutes until the bacon is crisp and golden and the courgettes are tender.

For the mustard mash, peel and quarter the potatoes and boil for 15 minutes. Drain and mash. Heat milk and butter in a saucepan and beat into mash along with wholegrain mustard.

For the tomato butter, heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add chopped tomatoes and cook over a low heat until softened. Using a hand blender, blitz the tomatoes, sherry vinegar and sugar until pureed. Pass the mixture through a sieve back into the saucepan, and add the crème fraîche. Simmer for a few minutes then whisk in the butter.