This is not only an example of creative cuisine, but it is instead the proof that cooking is a way of expressing feelings. Unfortunately few days ago I received a call from my mom saying that my aunt was very sick, so being far from home the only thing that I could do to stay with her, it was actually cooking. I just closed my eyes and thought about her. So, I used: walnuts, because they have a strong and bitter flavor as she used to be; prunes because they are sour, as she used to be sometimes and honey because she was very very sweet, like a mother can be.
PREP: 30 min
COOK: 30 min
SERVES: 2
olive oil,
1 onion, finely sliced,
4 chicken breasts,
100 gr of prunes,
1 mature plum,
1 glass of white wine
1 lemon,
honey, 4 tsp
rosemary,
walnuts, 50 gr
FIRST STEP - CHICKEN: Put the chicken breasts (4 in total) into a marinade sauce with lemon, honey, half glass of wine, rosemary and black pepper. Leave it during at least half an hour.
SECOND STEP - SAUCE: Finely slice the onion, the prunes and the plum and toss them into a pan with 1 tsp of olive oil and the wine. After 5 minutes, add 2 tsp of honey and mix all the ingredients. Add salt, black pepper and lemon juice.
THIRD STEP: Coat the chicken in the walnuts (previously crushed), and put them into a pan without oil. Leave them cooking during 4 minutes until both sides are toasted.
Serve the sauce with the chicken above, and cover with the remaining honey. The result should be a crispy, crunchy and bitter chicken with the sweet and sour sauce...buon appetito!
My aunt left us yesterday. Ciao Zia.
