Chicken involtini: stuffed chicken or turkey rolls in white wine
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Chicken involtini with sausage, almonds and sage
Thin chicken cutlets rolled around sausage, omelet, almonds and melting cheese, then simmered in white wine and butter. Tying up the rolls is a little fiddly, but they disappear fast.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings
- Category: Entrée
- Cuisine: Italian
- Diet: Low-Carb
Ingredients
- 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) thin chicken breast cutlets (about 80 g / 3 oz per person)
- 2 garlic cloves
- A small bunch of parsley
- 15 sage leaves
- 2 Italian sausages (not too herby), casings removed
- 2 eggs
- 100 g (3½ oz) almonds, finely chopped
- 100 g (3½ oz) scamorza, or another cheese that melts well, diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 500 ml (2 cups) dry white wine
- 30 g (2 tablespoons) butter
- A little flour, for dredging
- Salt and pepper
- Kitchen string
Instructions
- Beat the eggs with a little salt and pepper and cook them as a thin omelet in a nonstick pan, turning once. Let cool and cut into strips.
- Finely chop the parsley and garlic together.
- If the cutlets are thicker than 2–3 mm (⅛ in), pound them gently with a meat mallet until they are 2–3 mm thick.
- Lay the cutlets flat and spread each with a thin layer of sausage meat. Top with a few strips of omelet, a sprinkling of parsley and garlic, some chopped almonds and a little cheese.
- Roll up the cutlets tightly and tie them with kitchen string, slipping a sage leaf under the string.
- Dust the rolls lightly with flour and put them in a skillet with 1 tablespoon of cold olive oil.
- Heat gradually and brown the rolls on all sides, 5–10 minutes. A splatter guard will save you from spitting oil.
- Add the wine and simmer, turning the rolls now and then, until the wine has reduced by half and the chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- Add the butter and stir to make a glossy sauce.
- Remove the string and serve the rolls with the sauce spooned over.
Notes
You can use turkey breast instead of chicken, or a mix of both.
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