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Food Friday - Warm Chicken and Beetroot Salad with Stilton Sauce

This week Food Friday comes from James' Caf茅 Bistro in Leicester.

Warm Chicken and Beetroot Salad with Stilton Sauce
James' Caf茅 Bistro in Leicester

Half a chicken breast (roasted) sliced into 3
1 medium beetroot (baked in foil)
Small handful sunflower seeds
Thumb sized piece stilton
I clove garlic
Splash w wine
3tblspns double cream
Salad leaves cos/iceberg/spinach/beetroot
Sliced toms, cucumber n red onion

Roast beetroot wrapped in foil for roughly 1-1#1/2 hrs or until softened. Cool
Slice chicken and beetroot into thick wedges place on tray and grill for 2 mins
Put stilton, chopped/roasted garlic, w wine and cream in a small heavy based saucepan and put on a low heat. Stir or swirl pan around occasionally.
Turn chicken and beetroot over and add suflower seeds and beetroot leaves to tray. Grill for 1 min or until leaves have softened and seeds are golden and crisp.
Arrange cold salad leaves, toms,cues, redonions in a bowl. Top with beetroot then chicken and half the seeds.
Once the cheese has melted into the cream, wine reduced, dressing thickened then pour generously over salad.
Sprinkle remaining seeds from a good height (Ainsley Harriot style, shaking your hips!!) over salad to finish.

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13 minutes