Chicken Ballotine

Chicken and Stuffing

• 1 chicken 1.5 kg to 1.8 kg - 3.3 lbs. to 4 lbs, whole
• 150 gms ground meat beef or veal, 5.3 oz
• 150 gms Italian pork sausage casing removed, 5.3 oz
• 60 gms prosciutto sliced, 2 oz
• 60 gms mortadella sliced, 2 oz
• 50 gms parmigiano reggiano finely grated, 1.75 oz
• 1 egg
• 25 ml marsala wine 0.9 oz., or Brandy
• 35 gms pistachio 1.25 oz
• 15 gms bread sandwich, 0.5 oz
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• salt to taste
• black pepper to taste

Roasting

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