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Easy
30 min
By Jo Pratt
Published 2009
This is a great recipe to serve at any time of the year. The chicken breasts are flavoured with a tarragon paste (similar to a pesto), which can easily be made a day or two ahead of time. If preferred, basil or chives could also be used. As for the mash - it’s so easy to make and tastes delicious.
To prepare the chicken, place the tarragon, parsley, pine nuts, Parmesan, lemon zest, garlic, extra-virgin olive oil and seasoning in a food processor and whizz until you have a relatively smooth paste/pesto consistency.
Place the chicken breasts on a board and gently push your finger between the skin and the flesh to form a pocket. Place about a tablespoon of the ‘pesto’ inside each po