Gennaro Contaldo's Truffle Pesto Chicken Parcels

Name: Gennaro Contaldo's Truffle Pesto Chicken Parcels
Prep time: THMS
Cook time: THMS
Ingredients: 500g baby new potatoes; 2tbsp. olive oil; 3 sprigs of fresh Rosemary; ½ tbsp. flaked sea salt; Black pepper to taste; 4 chicken breasts; 1 jar Sacla’ Truffle Pesto; 95g sliced pancetta (or use streaky bacon)

Give dinner the royal treatment with this delightfully decadent Gennaro Contaldo recipe. Each chicken breast is stuffed with a spoonful of heady Sacla' Truffle Pesto, and wrapped with smoky slices of streaky pancetta. Serve with crunchy rosemary-roasted new potatoes.

Cook Time

40 mins

Serves

Ingredients

500g baby new potatoes
2tbsp. olive oil
3 sprigs of fresh Rosemary
½ tbsp. flaked sea salt
Black pepper to taste
4 chicken breasts
1 jar Sacla’ Truffle Pesto
95g sliced pancetta (or use streaky bacon)

How to make the recipe

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200¬∞C/180¬∞C fan.

Step 2

Add the potatoes to a large roasting tin and drizzle with 1 tbsp. olive oil. Strip the leaves from the rosemary and stir together with the salt and pepper.

Step 3

Carefully slice each chicken breast open to make a pocket.

Step 4

Fill each pocket with a spoonful of Truffle Pesto, close the pocket, and then wrap 3-4 slices of pancetta around each breast.

Step 5

Place in a roasting tin with the potatoes and drizzle with the remaining oil. Cook for 25 minutes, until both the chicken and potatoes are golden and cooked through.