European fusion•gourmet
Prosciutto Wrapped Creamy Pesto Chicken Parcels
Chicken breasts stuffed with cream cheese pesto and wrapped in prosciutto.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
4
- 4 chicken breasts
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tbsp cream cheese
- 2 tbsp basil pesto
- 4-8 prosciutto slices depending on the size on chicken breast
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- cherry tomatoes on the vine
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 375F/190C
- 2
In a small bowl combine cream cheese with basil pesto and set aside.
- 3
With a sharp knife cut a pocket into the thickest part of a chicken breast, season with salt and pepper, then fill each pocket with approximately 1 tbsp of cream cheese and pesto mixture.
- 4
Wrap one or two prosciutto slices around each chicken breast making sure the area filled with cream cheese is thoroughly covered. Put the chicken parcels onto a medium baking tray and arrange tomatoes on the vine between them.
- 5
Drizzle with olive oil and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.