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Baker's chicken and potato tart

A baker's tart is made with bread dough. It is sometimes called a baker's pizza, but this version has no tomatoes. It is topped with potatoes and slices of herb-poached chicken on a bed of cream and cheese with more herbs.

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Last modified on: June 16^th 2019

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For 6 people, you will need:

1 400 g chicken breast
2 2 bayleaves
3 2 sprigs thyme
4 400 g cooked potatoes
5 parsley
6 200 g cream cheese
7 200 g cream
8 500 g bread dough
9 50 g grated cheese
10 salt
11 pepper
Total weight: 1,752 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
33 min.	50 min.	1 hour 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Lay a chicken breast on a piece of plastic film, salt and pepper both sides, and put a bayleaf and spring of thyme on top.

Stage 2

Roll up the chicken in the film like a boiled sweet and tie the ends firmly with string.

Wrap all the chicken breasts like this.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Lower the chicken parcels into a pan of simmering water and leave to poach for about 20 minutes.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Drain and leave to cool, then remove and discard the film wrapping. Slice the chicken thinly.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Slice 400 g cooked potatoes.

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Chop the parsley.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Mix in a bowl: 200 g cream cheese, 200 g cream and the parsley, then season with salt and pepper.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Roll out 500 g bread dough into a large rectangle on a sheet of cooking parchment.

Stage 9

Spread the herb topping mixture over the dough, leaving a thin border around the edge.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Arrange the potato slices over...

Stage 11 - 3 min.

...then the chicken on top.

Stage 12 - 2 min.

Finish with a sprinkling of grated cheese and put in the oven...

Stage 13 - 30 min.

...to bake for about 30 minutes.

Remarks

This recipe can be varied in lots of ways, with different toppings as the mood takes you.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,920 Kcal or 8,039 Kj	181 gr	419 gr	107 gr
96 %	70 %	39 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
110 Kcal or 461 Kj	10 gr	24 gr	6 gr
5 %	4 %	2 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
320 Kcal or 1,340 Kj	30 gr	70 gr	18 gr
16 %	12 %	7 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 13.54 $
Per person : 2.26 $

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Bread dough: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Surprise bread, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Special Parmesan baguettes, Baker's pizza, Spring Bread, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gratin of purple artichokes, Thin spinach and potato tart, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Gratin du Nord, Bistro-style cabbage salad, ... All
	Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken nems, Chicken and avocado bagels, Chicken breasts with tarragon, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, ... All
	Cream cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Chicken and avocado bagels, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Avocado "tarte fine", Beetroot and cream cheese verrines, ... All

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