Supremes De Volaille ‘Sandeman’

6 chicken breast fillets
2 red capsicums
120g butter
450ml cream
60ml whiskey
1 glass sherry
50ml chicken stock
½ tbsp plain flour
lemon juice

Cut the capsicums into thin strips and fry gently. Halve the fillets and fry in butter. Remove chicken and set aside. Flame the pan with the whiskey. Add the cream, sherry and chicken stock and simmer together for 5 mins.

Sprinkle in flour and blend with a wooden spoon. Add a squeeze of lemon juice. Pour sauce over the chicken and garnish with capsicum.

Serve with rice.

Far Eastern Kebabs

4 chicken breasts
1 tbsp yoghurt
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp dried chilli peppers
1/8 tsp mustard powder
1/8 tsp turmeric
1/8 tsp ground cardamom or finely crushed cardamom seeds
lemon quarters sprinkled with paprika
small onions cut in thick slices
parsley

Skin and bone chicken, flatten with hands and cut into 5 cm pieces. Mix remaining ingredients, except onions, lemons and parsley, to a thick paste. Add chicken pieces and stir to coat well. Let stand for one hour at room temperature.

Thread on skewers, alternating several pieces with a slice of onion. Repeat until four skewers are filled. Set across a shallow pan and boil for 15 minutes or until done, turning once during cooking. Serve at once, garnished with lemon quarters and parsley.

Serves four.

Chicken and Avocado Parcels

4 chicken thigh fillets
½ large avocado
4 medium sized mushrooms
2 tsps melted butter or oil
2 tsps grainy mustard
4 sheets filo pastry sesame seeds

Trim away any fat and skin from chicken meat and spread with mustard. Top each fillet with a slide of avocado and a sliced mushroom.

For each fillet take a slice of filo pastry and place chicken in one corner. Fold side edges of pastry over chicken and then roll up pastry into a pastry into a parcel around chicken. Seal edges with a small amount of melted butter or oil.

Place each parcel onto a greased baking tray, brush tops with remaining butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake in a moderate oven for 40 to 45 minutes.

Serves four.

Breast of Chicken with Hollandaise

6 boneless/skinless chicken breasts (size 8 chicken)
160g proscuttio/palma ham sliced wafer thin
blanched spinach – large leaves
500g puff pastry

Hollandaise
4 egg yolks
100ml wine vinegar reduction
500ml clarified butter
roasted cloves of garlic
chopped parsley

Wrap the proscuttio around each chicken breast. Wrap the spinach around the chicken and proscuttio. Roll out the puff pastry as thin as possible and wrap around the above. Coat with eff wash and bake at 200°C for 15mins. Slice and serve on individual plates alongside a roasted garlic hollandaise.

Hollandise:
Whisk together yolks and vinegar over boiling water. Slowly whisk in butter and add warm water if hollandaise gets too thick. Finally stir in pureed garlic and chopped parsley.