Chicken, Pistachio And Olive Roulade With Asian Noodles, Lettuce And Pickled Cucumber Salads And Juniper Berry And Red Wine Sauce

Ingredients

Ingredients For the chicken, pistachio and olive roulade
  • 1 chicken breast, skin removed

  • 55g/2oz pistachio nuts, shelled and peeled

  • 10 green olives, stones removed

  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil

  • freshly ground black pepper

  • 170g/6oz spinach, leaves only

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

For the Asian noodles
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • 170g/6oz fresh egg noodles, cooked according to packet instructions

  • 1 red chilli pepper, finely chopped

  • 1 green chilli pepper, finely chopped

  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the juniper and red wine sauce
  • handful juniper berries, crushed

  • 250ml/9fl oz red wine

  • 1 tbsp butter

For the lettuce and cucumber salad
  • 1 Baby Gem lettuce or similar crisp lettuce, leaves only

  • 1 carrot, sliced into ribbons on a mandoline

  • 6 cherry tomatoes, chopped

  • 3 shallots or small onions, finely chopped

  • ¼ cucumber, chopped

  • 4 tbsp rapeseed oil

  • ½ lemon, juice only

  • freshly ground black pepper

For the pickled cucumber salad
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar

  • ½ tsp chilli flakes

  • freshly ground black pepper

  • ¼ cucumber, cut in half lengthways, seeds scooped out, sliced into ribbons on a mandoline

  • 10 mangetout pods, to serve

Description

This Recipe Was Cooked By Amateur Chefs As Part Of The BBC's Step Up To The Plate Television Programme.

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