Page 36 - Real Rochdale Issue 21 Spring 2024

Chef David Hayden and Chicken breast stuffed with

wife Rachael run butternut squash mousse, potato
The Gallows in Milnrow.
fondant, carrots and parmesan

They were winners of
Come Dine with Me: The cream sauce

Professionals last year.

David, who has catered for premiership footballers, TV stars
and other celebs, shares his recipe for stuffed chicken breast to
serve two people.

Ingredients

• 3 chicken breasts • 1 jacket potato
• 1 butternut squash • 250g butter
• 1 egg white • 2 sprigs of parsley
• 200ml double cream • 3 carrots

• 100g parmesan • Rapeseed oil
• 2 cloves garlic • Salt and pepper

• Peel and deseed the butternut squash, dice and roast at 180°C for 8/10 minutes until
tender.
• Blend the cooked squash with 25ml double cream until smooth.
• Dice one raw chicken breast and blend until smooth with one egg white and season.
• Mix the chicken purée with the butternut squash purée.
• Put the mixture in a piping bag and place in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use it. • Peel the carrots, then cut them into four long pieces and divide diagonally,
blanch in boiling water for four minutes until soft, and then add to the chicken
• Peel and cut the potato into two round shapes. pan in the oven.
• Pan fry both sides of the potato until golden brown with a teaspoon of rapeseed oil.
• Add the butter to the potato with a clove of garlic and sprigs of parsley. • To make the sauce, reduce 175ml double cream over a medium heat with a
• Baste the potato with the melted butter and place in the oven until tender, 20/25 crushed garlic clove until thickened, then add the parmesan cheese and some
minutes at 180°C. black pepper.

• Make an incision (pocket) in the chicken breast and pipe in the butternut squash mousse. • Present the dish with the potato in the centre of the plate with the carrots
• Cook for 10/12 minutes in a non stick pan until golden brown and finish in the oven for around the outside; slice the chicken breast on top and encircle with
10 minutes. parmesan sauce.

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