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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Was It an Apple or a Fig? Let's cook Stuffed Chicken Breast

Hello there to all you wonderful foodies out there in web land.  I hope all is well with you and yours.  Today we are going to talk about that wonderful fruit called the fig.  It comes in about 50 different varieties or more.  It comes in colors like yellow, brown,and green.  Figs have been around for centuries.  Figs are a symbol of abundance, fertility, and sweetness.  Boy fertility, am glad I didn't eat alot of them when I was younger!!!  Figs contain something called Ficin, which is a natural meat tenderizer.  The most famous product of the fig is you guessed it, the Fig Newton and I eat alot of the little morsels.  Figs have alot of fibre and you can bake with them, make fig preserves and full them for B.B.Q.  Remember Eve wore a Fig leaf, so I have a question for you did she really eat an Apple or a Fig?  Some scholars believe the forbidden fruit picked by Eve was a fig rather then a apple.  Am leaving it there for you to wonder about.  Recipe Follows:

Fig Stuffed Chicken Breast With Mascarpone Cheese

4 Boneless Chicken Breast
8 Oz Mascarpone Cheese
2 large shallots
2 t. Butter
2 T. Olive Oil
2 T. Brown Sugar
1 Cup White Wine
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ginger
1/8 tsp. all spice
pinch of salt
12 rip figs
2 hot peppers, your choice
1 sleeve Ritz crackers, crushed
2 T. butter melted
4 pieces Bacon cooked

Cut the chicken in the middle to butterfly so it lays opened like a book.  Brown the shallots and peppers in butter and olive oil, mix with the cheese, shallots, sugar, and spices.  Cut up figs and mix with cheese. Add about 3/4 of the Ritz crackers to the mixture.  Fill the chicken breast and place them in a heated pan with the olive oil.  Remove and place them in a 9"-13" pan and add the white wine.  You cook about 4 pieces of bacon and add to the rest of the Ritz crackers with 2 tablespoons melted butter and top the chicken breast with it.  Bake uncovered in a 350 degree oven for about 25 Min's.  Or until done.

2 comments:

  1. like it, i am going to stick with the apple. My grandfather had many fig trees in his yard...fig have such great memories for me as a child..i love figs right off the tree...

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  2. Dear Jeanine, I love figs right off the tree as well. I made up a recipe for fig salad dressing for the new season on my cooking show. Would you like to have it? write me at madjon51@aol.com. Have a great day and thanks for viewing my blog.

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