I got a call today from Sharon begging for the recipe from the dinner I made last weekend “Breaking in the New Kitchen” at my dear friend Lisa’s new house. She bought her first home right on the water in Pacifica, California. The sun sets right in her dining room, it’s so beautiful. We have named her home, “Lisamar”. : )
I stayed the weekend to help her unpack and ended up making dinner on the fly with a houseful of other helpful hardworking fun women. Here was din din: Salad: Butter Lettuce, Asian pear, Crumbled Blue Cheese, Toasted Candied Walnuts tossed in Balsamic Vinegar and Olive oil…. with cracked pepper this is killer…Entrée: Creamy Chicken Marsala with Mashed Potatoes
and Zucchini Provencal… Aaahhh the beauty of italian food....Here ya go Grrl! Thanks again for being such a great Sou Chef!
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
5 tablespoons butter
12 oz large mushrooms, trimmed and thinly sliced
1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh basil
2 small cloves of garlic finely minced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour (for the roux)6 skinless boneless chicken breast halves
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup dry Marsala wine
1/2 cup heavy cream&
2 lb Yukon Gold potatoes (preferably large)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
COOKING MUSIC SELECTION: Andrea Bocelli - Besame Mucho
PREPARATION:
Pound the chicken breasts to a nice even thickness. In a large skillet and the olive and turn on heat up to medium high. Add the onions and garlic, sauté lightly for 3 mins. Turn the heat down to medium and add the chicken. When the chicken is brown on one side flip them and then add the Marsala wine and cover to simmer for 20 mins. Turn down the heat a little and add the basil and heavy cream. To simmer for 5 mins. Take the chicken out of the sauce and set aside on a plate.
In a separate sauce pan melt butter and flour until you have a roux nice and bubbly. Turn up the heat on the cream sauce and add the roux to thicken, about 2 mins. Add the chicken back into the now yummy sauce and serve with mashed potatoes.
For potatoes: Boil them in a large pot of water (no peeling nessasary) for about 20 mins. (until you can pierce them easily with a knife) Drain them and add them back into the pot. Add the rest of the ingrediants and mash with a potato masher (preferred) or whip them coursely with a hand mixer.
Thanks for the recipe. This was incredible! My husband is such a finicky eater that he rarely eats anything with more than three ingredients in it. I made this tonight, though, and he loved it! The chicken was soft and tender, and the sauce was just dreamy! Instead of serving mashed potatoes on the side, I modified the dish a bit by roasting the potatoes. I still used the seasonings that you put in your mashed potatoes on my roasted ones, which worked great. I also threw in some blanched green beans and used cremini mushrooms instead of regular ones. This dish was such a hit that my husband requested that I save the recipe!
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