We made an interesting dinner this evening...
It began by cooking some chopped pancetta to render out the oil, then removing it from the pan.
We took boneless and skinless chicken breasts, sprinkled them with chopped fresh rosamary, covered that with a layer of grated Parmesan cheese and then a couple of slices of prosciutto ham. This got cooked slowly in the oil left behind by the cooked pancetta, first on the bare side for 10 minutes (covered) to melt the cheese and set the ham, then flipped over onto the ham side for five minutes to cook that as well.
They were then removed to a plate while we made a vegetable side dish in the same pan. Broccoli florets and some chopped scallion, steamed in some butter and red wine vinegar that I added to the pan, and flavored with the oil left in the pan from the pancetta, and prosciutto. When the broccoli turned bright green we added the cooked pancetta back into the pan, stirred everything up and put it on plates with the chicken.
One dirty pan, two dirty plates, and two very happy mouths!
Stitchawl