Chicken Ballotine

Chicken and Stuffing

• 1 whole chicken 1.5 kg to 1.8 kg – 3.3 lbs. to 4 lbs.
• 150 gms – 5.3 oz. mince beef or veal
• 150 gms – 5.3 oz. Italian pork sausage casing removed
• 60 gms – 2 oz. prosciutto sliced
• 60 gms – 2 oz. mortadella sliced
• 50 gms – 1.75 oz. Parmigiano Reggiano finely grated
• 1 egg
• 25 ml – 0.9 oz. Marsala wine or Brandy
• 35 gms – 1.25 oz. pistachios
• 15 gms – 0.5 oz. sandwich bread
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• Sale and Pepper to taste

Roasting

• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 rosemary sprigs
• 4 sage leaves
• 2 bay leaves
• ½ tbsp garlic powder
• ½ tbsp paprika
• 100 ml – 3.5 oz. white wine
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 40 ml – 1.4 oz. water
• 2 red apples cored and sliced in 6 or 8 pieces
• Extra virgin olive oil to brush
• Ground pepper and salt to taste