Posh Prosciutto Chicken Roulade

Feb 22

Feb 22 Posh Prosciutto Chicken Roulade

GLUTEN FREE, GRAIN FREE, DAIRY FREE, SOY FREE, EGG FREE, PALEO

This is one of my absolute favourite meals. It is just…SO GOOD.
For the Christmas just gone my dear mum and I collaborated for the making of Christmas 'tea' and this is what we made. I’m pleased to say that it was very well received by our whole family!
We eat it year-round in our house, but it definitely makes a fantastic festive alternative to a traditional roast turkey dinner. In fact, I would pick this option any day!
I hope you adore this as much as we do!

Recipe (serves 2)
4 boneless chicken thighs (I buy organic, free-range chicken thighs which tend to be smaller than conventional chicken thighs, you can use either but I prefer the ratio of prosciutto-stuffing-chicken with the smaller version)
4 sheets of Italian prosciutto (true Italian prosciutto contains only pork and salt, no nasties!)
6 tbsp of my Cranberry and Salted Pistachio Stuffing**
Olive oil
TO SERVE:
Quick roasted asparagus spears
Parsnip and Sweet Potato Chips or honey roasted carrots

**NOTES: I have tried this recipe with various stuffing alternatives and HAVE to say that this recipe is no-where near as good with stuffing alternatives. I mean it’s still good, you can’t really go wrong with chicken rolled in prosciutto, but please just trust me on this, try the Cranberry and Salted Pistachio Stuffing, you won’t be disappointed. I have tried crispy sage and almond, fresh thyme, rosemary and fig, basil and pine-nut. You get the picture, Cranberry and Salted Pistachio is the way to go!

Method
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
Lay your sheets of prosciutto out flat and place an opened chicken thigh on each piece of prosciutto.
Place 1.5 tbsp (less or more to taste) of Cranberry and Salted Pistachio Stuffing down the centre of each chicken thigh.
Now carefully roll your chicken thighs tightly and place on your prepared baking tray, ensuring that the ‘join’ of each roulade is facing down. Drizzle lightly with olive oil.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!