Pillows Of Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 8 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• kosher salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 10 ounces of a good quality chicken stock
• 12 ounces button mushrooms
• 9 tablespoons madeira wine
• 4 -6 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 sheet ready made puff pastry
• 1 medium egg yolk

Recipe

• 1 start well ahead to prepare the chicken.
• 2 cut each breast in half and flatten breasts and thighs into thin rounds.
• 3 you will have 12 rounds.
• 4 roll each piece tightly into a sausage shape.
• 5 dust the pieces with flour.
• 6 in a heavy casserole saute them in 2 tbsp of oil and 2 tbsp butter until golden brown.
• 7 season with salt and pepper.
• 8 skim off excess fat from the pan, then add the chicken stock.
• 9 cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 slice mushrooms thinly and saute them in 2 tbls of oil and 1 tbsp of butter until golden.
• 12 season with salt and pepper and moisten with 6 tbsp of madeira.
• 13 cool to make the sauce melt 2 tbsp of butter in a heavy sauce pan add 3 tbsp of flour and stir over moderate heat until it is a deep golden colour.
• 14 remove from heat and beat in remaining madeira and the juices from the chicken, stir in the cream.
• 15 bring to boil and stir constantly.
• 16 fold in half the mushrooms and simmer 20 minutes longer, adding a little more stock if the sauce becomes too thick.
• 17 heat oven to 425 degrees.
• 18 divide the pastry into six pieces.
• 19 roll each piece out and cut into a 7" square.
• 20 place one breast and 1 thigh diagonally on each pastry square.
• 21 cover with 1/6th of the remaining mushrooms.
• 22 fold one corner of the pastry up over the filling.
• 23 continue to fold over the other corners, so they all meet in the middle, like an envelope.
• 24 brush seems with beaten egg yolk and seal tightly arrange the'pillows' on a baking sheet, seam side underneath.
• 25 glaze pastry with beaten egg yolk.
• 26 decorate with pastry leaves and tassles made from scraps of puff pastry and glaze these as well.
• 27 bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until'pillows' are well risen and golden.
• 28 reheat the madeira sauce and serve with the chicken.