Daily Archives: June 4, 2008

Chicken Saltimbocca

Ingredients

  • Four skinless,boneless chicken breast halves,pounded thinly
  • Four slices imported prosciutto
  • 1/3 lb grated Italian Fontina
  • Fresh sage, 2T chopped, half for stuffing and half for crumb mixture.
  • Melted butter (2T)
  • Bread crumbs (preferably Panko)

Directions

Turn your oven to 325 degrees and prepare to let these rolls cook til’ done without much loss of cheese.

Pound chicken breasts to even thickness. Lightly salt and pepper. Lay on proscuitto, sage, grated Fontina. Roll up and keeping seal tight roll in butter and crumbs. Place seal-side down in pan and bake for 45-50 minutes.

Remove from oven when fully cooked and let rest, then serve whole or slice for presentation.

These can be made in advance and refrigerated or frozen, making them a dinner party delight.

Taste Memories

Fresh cherries from the farm stand, Mom’s oatmeal-raisin cookies. But it’s Concord grapes I remember most.
We lived up on a hill overlooking Lake Erie, miles from town and school. Winters were tough, summers fantastic and fall gave us Concord grapes from the neighbor’s vineyard. For newbies, one sucks the pulp out of the skin, spits out the seeds and swallows the rest. Last year we brought my in-laws to Chautauqua County and they got to see a mechanical grape harvester (when I lived there the harvesters were migrants and farm kids) and eat grapes off the vine. Thanks to Jim Deakin for the tour of his farm in Portland NY.
We also had peaches and plums, and we picked blueberries and had wild strawberries on our property. This is so important to me because the growing season was so short near Buffalo NY that we had not a moment to waste. What a wonderful childhood!

Chautauqua County Treasures