Prince Charles Edward's Chicken

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breasts, skinned and boned
• 3 tablespoons drambuie
• 4 fluid ounces chicken stock
• 8 fluid ounces double cream (heavy cream)
• 3 ounces unsalted butter
• 1 ounce flaked almonds
• 4 apples
• a little flour
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 flour and season the chicken breasts and fry in hot butter in both sides.
• 2 when they are well browned, sprinkle with drambuie, add the chicken stock, cover and simmer for ten minutes.
• 3 while the chicken is cooking, peel and core the apples.
• 4 cut them into thick slices and cook gently in butter until fairly soft- do not stir to avoid mashing.
• 5 remove the chicken to a serving dish, when ready, and keep warm in the oven.
• 6 make the sauce by adding more drambuie, if required, to the stock left in the pan and gently stir in the cream.
• 7 heat but do not boil.
• 8 add the roasted flaked almonds.
• 9 cover the chicken with this sauce and garnish with the sliced apple.