
Preparation time is 40 minutes
Ease of preparation is easy
Yield: 4 servings.
Ingredients
- 4 x 125 gram chicken breasts (4 x 4 ounces)
- 250 grams of grated gruyere cheese (8 ounces)
- 100 millilitres of 35% cream (3 ¼ fluid ounces)
- 150 millilitres of cider or apple jack (5 fluid ounces)
- 10 millilitres of finely chopped onions (1 tablespoon)
- 10 millilitres of finely chopped garlic (1 tablespoon)
- 50 grams of chopped apple (3 tablespoons)
- salt and black pepper
- 30 millilitres of olive oil (2 tablespoons)
- 30 millilitres of butter (2 tablespoons)
- salt and black pepper
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
- Put the oil and butter in a hot frying pan. Season the chicken breast and put it in the pan. Cook until golden brown.
- Remove the chicken breast from the pan and put it on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 15 minutes.
- In the same pan that you seared the chicken, add the chopped onions, the garlic and the apple. Deglaze the pan with the cider.
- Reduce the liquid by half. Add the 35% cream and the grated gruyere cheese.
- Simmer the sauce slowly without boiling.
- With a hand held blender emulsify the sauce. Season with pepper. Add more cider if the sauce is too thick.
- Place the chicken on a cutting board and slice the breast. Serve with apple crisps and the creamy cheese and cider sauce.