Gratinated chicken filets in cheese sauce

Name: Gratinated chicken filets in cheese sauce
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 can(s) (425 ml) Apricots; 4 Chicken filets (à approx. 175 g); 1 kg green asparagus; 2 TABLESPOONS Oil; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 7-10 Tbsp Sugar; 50 g Gruyère cheese; 30 g Butter or margarine; 30 g Flour; 1/4 TEASPOON Curry; 400 ml Vegetable broth (instant); 100 g Whipped cream; 7-10 Tbsp Grease; 7-10 Tbsp Chervil

AUTHOR
Eunice Scott

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 can(s) (425 ml) Apricots
4 Chicken filets (à approx. 175 g)
1 kg green asparagus
2 TABLESPOONS Oil
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
7-10 Tbsp Sugar
50 g Gruyère cheese
30 g Butter or margarine
30 g Flour
1/4 TEASPOON Curry
400 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
100 g Whipped cream
7-10 Tbsp Grease
7-10 Tbsp Chervil

Directions

1
Drain the apricots well in a sieve. Wash the meat and pat dry. Wash asparagus, cut off woody ends. Heat oil in a pan. Brown the meat well all around, then fry for about 6 minutes, turning.
2
Season with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, put asparagus in boiling salted water with 1 pinch of sugar, bring to the boil and blanch for 3-4 minutes. Remove meat from the pan. Lift the asparagus out of the asparagus water and drain well.
3
Finely grate the cheese. For the sauce melt fat in a pot. Dust with flour, sauté, sprinkle with curry and gradually deglaze with stock and cream. Bring to the boil while stirring, add 35 g cheese and season with salt, pepper and sugar.
4
Place the asparagus, meat and apricots in a greased ovenproof dish, spread the sauce evenly over them and sprinkle with 15 g of cheese. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 25 minutes.
5
Remove from the oven and garnish with chervil.