Italian Chicken Saltimbocca
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- Black pepper
- 8 fresh sage leaves
- 4 slices ham or prosciutto
- 75g butter
- 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
- Cake flour, for dusting, seasoned with salt
- Lemon wedges, to serve
Method
- Flatten the chicken breasts by beating between layers of greaseproof paper.
- Grind pepper over one side of each breast. Place a sage leaf on each breast and cover with a slice of prosciutto, folding it to fit the breast.
- Heat butter and oil in a heavy-based pan.
- Dip the breasts in the seasoned flour and fry on each side until golden.
- Serve with a wedge of lemon. Serves 4
