A long time ago I came across a recipe for gnocchi with a brown butter sage sauce that looked so scrumptious that I started to look for other recipes that required a brown butter sage sauce and saw a butternut squash with a brown butter sage sauce. I was so impressed that I wanted to grow sage in my garden this year to make these recipes. I did end up growing sage and while watering it the other day I was saddened that I have yet to make these pasta dishes that originally made me so excited.

I plucked some leaves off my sage plant and told myself, as I walked back into the house, that it was going into my dinner. I had taken chicken out so I did a quick search and found a bunch of recipes for Chicken Saltimbocca. Since it required sage and sounded I gave it shot and was so surprised how easy it was and how yummy it was.

 

Ingredients

  • 4 boneless chicken breast
  • 16(ish) sage leaves
  • 4-8 slices of prosciutto
  • 3 tbsp Olive Oil
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • ¼ cup dry white wine
  • 1 lemon juiced, half zested
  • 1 tsp corn starch

Place each breast between sheets of wax paper and pound to ¼ inch thick.  Place 4-5 sage leaves on top of chicken breasts. Wrap each breast with 1-2 slices of prosciutto.

In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat-high heat. Cook each breast for about 3 minutes per side until no longer pink. Remove from skillet.

Add stock and wine to skillet bring to a boil and de-glaze pan (scrape up the brown bits). Reduce by half. While stock is reducing mix lemon juice with corn starch and zest. Pour lemon juice into boiling stock whisking until thick. Cook for about 3-4 min. Add chicken back to skillet to re-heat and to sop up some of the lemon sauce for about 1 min.  Serve with spoonfuls of lemon sauce.

 

 

There are a lot of recipes out there and traditionally this recipe is made with veal and the addition of Marsala, an Italian wine, in the sauce. I guess if you have problem eating veal you could use pork as well if you wanted it to be more authentic. Chicken worked great and in my opinion was really fresh and light tasting. All the flavours of the dish really hit all parts of your taste buds. I really enjoyed this one!