Pesto roasted chicken

for 4

Easy

Ingredients for 4 people:

1 whole chicken breast

1 jar of Pesto di Pra’

2 slices of provola or fresh pecorino cheese

80 gr saltine crackers

1 egg

30 gr parmesan cheese

1 tablespoon flour

Extra virgin oil

Salt

Potatoes q.s.

Procedure

Divide the chicken breast into two parts and open it like a book.
Add salt, spread pesto di Pra’ over it and put cheese in the centre.
Roll the meat up securing it with tooth- sticks. Crumble crackers, beat the egg together with cheese. Dredge meat with flour, moisten it in beaten egg, then coat it in crackers crumbs, pressing gently.
Place meat on a buttered baking tray and bake it in preheated oven at about 190° for about 30 minutes.
Serve with baked potatoes and Pesto di Pra’ and add some extra virgin olive oil.
(Recipe by Natalia Cattelani)