Herbed Cheese And Chicken In Puff Pastry

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 20 large fresh garlic cloves
• 6 chicken thighs
• 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 9 slices bacon, fried
• 5 ounces cream cheese
• 1 1/2 teaspoons tarragon
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen puff pastry
• patty shell, thawed
• 1 egg, slightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 blanch garlic in boiling water for one minute; peel.
• 2 place garlic, chicken broth and chicken in saucepan and simmer gently covered for 30 minutes.
• 3 remove chicken and garlic from broth.
• 4 skin chicken and remove bones keeping intact.
• 5 place 1 1/2 slices of bacon where bones were.
• 6 puree garlic with 3 tablespoons broth, cream cheese and tarragon.
• 7 on lightly floured board, roll out puff pastry into an 8 inch circle.
• 8 place a stuffed chicken thigh on top of the pastry and two tablespoons of the garlic cheese mixture.
• 9 moisten edges of pastry dough with fingertip dipped in cold water.
• 10 bring edges together on top and crimp to seal.
• 11 repeat with remaining 5 pastry shells.
• 12 place filled pastry shells on lightly buttered baking sheet.
• 13 brush tops with beaten egg and bake at 400°f for 25 minutes or until golden brown.