Chicken with cheese and pesto


I know I am not keeping my promises and I know some of you are really wondering why I am not blogging anymore... but believe me there's no more free time. Life is hectic between work, raising a child, meeting up with friends... but I know deep down inside that you all forgive my absence... Here is a dish I made last saturday at my parents house. We had a big dinner, I couldn't though take pictures when it was out of the oven because it was dark and anyway there was no time, it was devoured in seconds.
I hope you will like it, it's a really easy dish to prepare, for the working moms out there who want it to be more easy, you can use a ready made pesto sauce...

Ingredients (4 persons):
4 chicken filets
3 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
pitted and chopped olives
1 tomato sliced
1 pepper sliced
1 cup shredded cheese

Pesto sauce:
1 cup fresh basil leaves
2 garlic cloves
3 tbsp olive oil
pinch of salt
2 tbsp pine nuts

Make small cuts in the chicken filets, season them with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a pan and brown the chicken fillets on both sides. Place in a baking dish.

Prepare the pesto sauce: In a food processor, mix all the ingredients until you have a smooth sauce.

Spread the sauce on top of the chicken fillets.  Place the tomato slices on top, then the pepper slices. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top.

Place in a preheated oven at 180�C (350�F) 10 to 15 mn or until cheese is melted.

Serve with fries, rice or pasta.


Ingr�dients (4 personnes):
4 filets de poulet
3 cas d'huile d'olive
sel et poivre
des olives d�noyaut�es et coup�es
1 tomate coup�e en lamelles
1 poivron coup� en lamelles
1 tasse de fromage rap�

Sauce pesto:
1 tasse de basilic
2 gousses d'ail
3 cas d'huile d'olive
sel
2 cas de pignons de pin

Faire de petites coupures dans les filets de poulet, assaisonner de sel et de poivre. Chauffer l'huile d'olive dans une po�le et faire dorer les filets de poulet des deux c�t�s. Placer dans un plat allant au four.

Pr�parer la sauce pesto: Dans un robot culinaire, m�langer tous les ingr�dients jusqu'� ce que vous avez une sauce onctueuse.

�tendre la sauce sur les filets de poulet. Placer les tranches de tomates sur le dessus, puis les tranches de poivron. Saupoudrer le fromage r�p� sur le dessus.

Placer dans un four pr�chauff� � 180�C 10 � 15 mn ou jusqu'� ce que le fromage soit fondu.

Servir avec des frites, du riz ou des p�tes.






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