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Ingredients
- Chicken:
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 8 oz trimmed spinach
- 2 T butter
- 1/3 c chopped shallots
- 3 chopped garlic cloves
- 6 oz shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, sliced
- 6 oz button mushrooms, sliced
- 3/4 c dry red wine
- 1 t dried tarragon
- 1 pkg frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, beaten to blend
- Madeira Sauce:
- 2 T butter
- 3 minced shallots
- 2 T all purpose flour
- 1 c low-salt chicken broth
- 1 c beef broth
- 1/2 c + 1T Madeira
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat broiler and arrange chicken on baking sheet. Season with salt & pepper. Broil until almost cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. chill until cool, about 30 minutes. Set oven to 375°.
Sauté spinach in large nonstick skillet over medium heat just until wilted. Transfer to bowl.
Melt butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots and garlic and sauté until tender, about 3 minutes. Add all mushrooms and sauté until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Add wine and tarragon; simmer until almost all liquid evaporates, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat and season with salt & pepper. Cool.
Oil heavy baking sheet. Roll out puff pastry to 12" squares. Cut each square in half crosswise, creating four 12x6-inch rectangles. Place 1 chicken breast crosswise at 1 short end of each rectangle. Place spinach atop chicken. Top each with 1/4 of mushroom mixture. Fold long sides of pastry over breast. Roll up jelly-roll style, pinching edges of pastry to seal. Brush some of egg glaze over pinched edges. Place pastries, seam side down, on prepared baking sheet. Brush with glaze.
Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Serve with Madeira sauce.
Madeira Sauce:
Melt 2T butter in medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add minced shallots and sauté until golden, about 3 minutes. Add 2T flour; stir until golden, about 3 minutes. Add both broths and 1/2c Madeira. Boil until reduced to sauce consistency, about 15 minutes. Strain into small saucepan. Stir in remaining 1T Madeira. Season with salt & pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover & refrigerate.)