Goat cheese and olive stuffed chicken by Laurent Mariotte

Ingredients

4 servings

• 4 thick free-range chicken breasts
• 200 g fresh goat cheese
• 2 pitted green olives
• tarragon (a few sprigs)
• 4 slices of dry-cured ham
• 1 pinch of Espelette pepper
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil

Steps

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 200°C (gas mark 6-7).

2. 2

   Cut the chicken breasts horizontally to create a pocket. Roughly chop the olives and mix with the goat cheese. Finely chop the tarragon and add it to the mixture along with the Espelette pepper.

3. 3

   Stuff the chicken breasts with the goat cheese mixture. Place each breast on a slice of ham and wrap the ham around the chicken.

4. 4

   Grease a baking dish. Arrange the stuffed chicken breasts and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with a green salad.