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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 18 people, you will need:

1 0 kg 6 g chicken breast
2 6 bayleaves
3 6 sprigs thyme
4 0 kg 5 g cooked potatoes
5 parsley
6 0 kg 2 g cream cheese
7 0 kg 2 g cream
8 0 kg 6 g bread dough
9 0 kg grated cheese
10 salt
11 pepper

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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 0 kg 5 g cooked potatoes.

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Chop the parsley.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Mix in a bowl: 0 kg 2 g cream cheese, 0 kg 2 g cream and the parsley, then season with salt and pepper.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Roll out 0 kg 6 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
9,014 Kcal or 37,740 Kj	2,553 gr	17,516 gr	620 gr
451 %	982 %	1652 %	94 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
171 Kcal or 716 Kj	49 gr	333 gr	12 gr
9 %	19 %	31 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
501 Kcal or 2,098 Kj	142 gr	973 gr	34 gr
25 %	55 %	92 %	5 %

% 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 18 people : 37.41 €
Per person : 2.08 €

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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: Baker's pizza, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Surprise bread, Special Parmesan baguettes, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gratin Parmentier, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Oven omelette, Green Piedmont Salad, Polish-style beetroot salad, ... All
	Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken breasts with tarragon, Chinese style chicken, Lille style chicken, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Chicken pie, ... All
	Cream cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Beetroot and cream cheese verrines, Red endive appetizers, Cheese and tomato tart, Oriane's tuna rillettes , Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , ... All

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