Greek Chicken And Spinach Roulade With Lemon Butter Sauce Food

CHICKEN SPINACH ROULADE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Grease a baking sheet.
• Place chicken breasts between two sheets of heavy plastic (resealable freezer bags work well) on a solid, level surface. Firmly pound the chicken with the smooth side of a meat mallet to a uniform thickness of 1 inch.
• Heat spinach in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Whisk eggs, Parmesan cheese, and milk together in a bowl.
• Stir egg mixture into the spinach; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Spread about 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of the spinach mixture onto each pounded chicken breast.
• Roll each breast into a cylinder shape, secure ends with toothpicks, and arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
• Sprinkle bread crumbs atop rolled chicken.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 45 minutes. Allow chicken to rest for several minutes before removing toothpicks and serving.

CHICKEN ROULADE STUFFED WITH PROSCIUTTO, SPINACH AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES WITH WHITE TRUFFLE POTATOES

Steps:

• Lay a long piece of plastic wrap over your cutting board and tuck it underneath the sides of the board. (Covering the chicken with the plastic will also keep the mess down when you pound with the meat mallet.) The chicken breasts should be placed on the covered cutting board, skin side down, with enough space between them so they can lay flat after you "butterfly" them. To make the butterfly cut, carefully slice open (without slicing the chicken all the way through) and spread the flesh of the chicken out so you will be able to pound it out into a single thin piece on which you will place stuffing and then roll up. Season the breasts with salt and pepper. Then put another length of plastic wrap over the seasoned chicken breasts and flatten with meat mallet to integrate the seasoning into the chicken. Pound chicken thin.
• Lay 1 slice of prosciutto ham on each breast. Add 3 leaves of spinach and 4 pieces of sun-dried tomatoes on each breast. Fold in each end and roll tightly. Place on sheet tray and freeze until firm. (It does not have to be frozen completely hard, but this makes it easier to handle when breading.)
• Preheat a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• While the chicken roulade is hardening in the freezer, prepare the tomato demi-glace. In a saucepan, saute garlic and then deglaze the pan with the wine. Add stock and tomato puree. Boil over medium heat until reduced by half. Add the demi-glace (brown sauce) and let simmer until thickened ("medium thickness").
• When the chicken is firm, set up a breading station. Whisk together 3 eggs and 1 cup of the half-and-half for the egg wash. (Begin with this amount and whisk more together if needed.) Then set up a bowl each of: flour, then egg wash, and then Italian bread crumbs. Evenly coat rolled frozen chicken with flour (not too much or bread crumbs won't stick). Dip floured rolled chicken into egg wash, then into bread crumbs. In a deep-fat fryer, lightly fry until golden brown. Finish in the oven for 15 minutes until completely cooked through. Remove from oven and let rest.
• Boil the potatoes until tender. Then mash the potatoes and whip chopped chives, butter, salt and freshly ground pepper into the potatoes with a beater.
• Re-heat the tomato demi-glace and to finish remove from heat, and immediately whisk in fresh thyme and 1 tablespoon butter.
• Slice each chicken roll to expose the stuffed interior. Place mashed potatoes in center of each plate, drizzle white truffle oil over the potatoes. Lay chicken roulade over potatoes.

BROWN BUTTER SAUTEED SPINACH WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large, wide pot over medium-high heat and cook, stirring often, until the milk solids are a deep golden brown and the butter smells nutty.
• Add the garlic, shallots and a 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add the spinach in batches and cook, tossing to coat, until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer to a serving bowl.

GREEK CHICKEN AND SPINACH ROULADE WITH LEMON BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a food processor combine feta, yogurt, garlic, juice of one lemon (two tbls), hot sauce, oregeno, cumin, coriander and salt and pepper to taste. Blend well and set aside. This is your tzatziki sauce. (Reserve half for steak gyros)
• In a large saute pan heat 2 tbls olive oil and saute onion until soft. add garlic and baby spinach and saute until wilted down. Add capers and sliced olives and pepper to taste
• Put spinach mixture in bowl and add 1 cup of tzatziki sauce and
• Pound out chicken breast thin and put 1/4 of the spinach/tzatziki sauce mixture per breast at one end of chicken then roll chicken into a log and secure with tooth picks
• Prepare 2 dishes for coating. (I find pie plates the easiest) One with 2 eggs whisked and one with the cup or so of panko
• heat the same saute pan that the spinach was sauted in with rest of olive oil
• dip each roulade in egg wash then panko crumbs and Place a rack on baking sheet, place rolades on rack and bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes
• While chicken is resting Melt butter 2tlbs of the lemon juice 2 cloves of minced garlic and parsley in a saucepan and put in serving dish to drizzle over roulades

SPINACH ROULADE

Steps:

• Grease a 8 X 12 " swiss roll tin and line with greaseproof paper.
• For the Filling:.
• Melt butter, stir in the flour, then slowly blend in the milk, and simmer until thickened.
• Add nutmeg, and salt and pepper.
• Chop spinach and stir into sauce.
• For the Roulade:.
• Whisk the egg whites until stiff, gently fold in the beaten egg yolks and salt and pepper.
• Carefully turn into prepared tin, and level the surface.
• Bake in a 375 deg F oven for 8 minutes until soft to touch and pale golden brown.
• Turn out of tin onto a sheet of greaseproof paper sprinkled with the parmesan.
• Quickly and carefully loosen the paper on the bottom of the roulade and peel off.
• Spread evenly with the spinach mixture.
• Roll up like a swiss roll using the paper beneath for support to keep a firm roll.
• Serve at once.