Chicken, pickled walnut and cheese pastry bakes
By: Lotte Duncan From: Good Food Live
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Chicken, pickled walnut and cheese pastry bakes
- Prep time:
- 50 mins
- Cook time:
- 2 hrs 30 mins
- Serves:
- 4
Tangy tomato chutney makes a fabulous accompaniment to chicken pastry bakes in this tasty recipe from Lotte Duncan
Ingredients
For the chutney
- 1000g Tomatoes, cut into chunks
- 225g Apples, cored and cut into chunks
- 225 g red Onions, peeled and cut into chunks
- 25g Coriander seeds
- 2 dried chillies
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 2 tsp ground Ginger
- 225g sultanas
- 01 Lemon, grated zest and juice
- 2 tbsp date syrup
- 100g chopped Walnuts
- 425ml Malt vinegar
For the pastry bakes
- 4 small skinless Chicken breast
- 55ml White wine
- 1 sprig Thyme
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 50g unsmokedlardons of Bacon
- 4 pickled Walnuts, drained and chopped
- 250g Puff pastry
- 100g farmhouse Cheddar cheese
- freshly ground black pepper
Method
1. For the chutney, put the tomatoes, apples and onions in a large pan. Tie the coriander seeds and chillies in some muslin and add to the pan, with the salt. Leave overnight.2. The following day, add the other ingredients, bring to the boil and cook for 2 hours on a low heat until thick. Pour into clean sterile jars, cover and store in a cool place.
3. To make the pastry bakes, put the chicken breasts, white wine and thyme in a bowl. Leave to marinate for 1 hour, then dry the chicken off.
4. Set the oven to 200°C/gas 6. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and cook the chicken over a low heat. Remove the chicken and fry the bacon in the same pan until crispy. Then add the pickled walnuts.
5. Roll out the pastry and cut into circles or squares to give a border of about 3cm all the way around the chicken breasts. Prick the centre with a fork but leave the outer edge free from fork marks.
6. Lay the pastry discs on a baking sheet. Put a chicken breast in the centre of each, scatter over some bacon and walnuts and then lay the cheese on top. Season with black pepper. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
7. Serve the pastry bakes with the chutney.









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