Goat Cheese and Haskap Berries Stuffed Chicken Breast

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• ½ cup flour on a plate
• Egg wash - 2 eggs and 1 oz milk whisked in a bowl
• ½ cup pecans, chopped
• 2 oz of local goat cheese
• ½ cup haskap berries (we used Haskap Highland Orchards haskap berries)
• ¼ cup bacon, diced
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Directions:

1. Start by pounding the two chicken breasts until they're the same thickness, using a bag or cellophane wrap and a mallet or rolling pin.
2. In a small bowl, mix the haskap berries with bacon and goat cheese.
3. Stuff your chicken breast with the mixture.
4. Fold your chicken breasts in a similar fashion to making a wrap, fold the two ends in then roll tightly.
5. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
6. Roll in flour, then egg wash and finish in the crumbled pecans.
7. Place on a baking pan lined with parchment paper and drizzle with olive oil.
8. Bake in oven at 400° and cook until there is an internal temperature of 165 F.
9. Take out of the oven and let rest for 4 to 5 minutes and you are ready to slice.

Bacon Sauce Ingredients:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup haskap berries
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 oz of bacon, chopped
• ¼ cup local maple syrup

Directions:

1. In a medium sized pan, place the butter, diced bacon, and local maple syrup and sauté.
2. Crush ½ of the haskap berries in the sauce and let it reduce for few minutes until nice and thick.

Haskap Highland Orchards is available at Sobeys, Farm Markets and independent health food retailers.