Chicken breast with chanterelles

Chicken breast with chanterelles, a photo by La belle dame sans souci on Flickr.

Another simple dish and a lovely Sunday evening dinner.

Th chicken breast had a mixture of butter, crushed smoked garlic and salt pushed under the skin and was roasted for about 25 minutes.

When this was done and resting, I sautéed some chanterelles (also called girolles) in butter and fresh thyme and then added some white wine and some of the roasting juices and reduced this down before adding two tablespoons of crème fraiche, allowing it to bubble and reduce slightly, checking the seasoning before serving.

As the chicken and mushrooms were the stars here, the accompaniments were simple, sautéed potatoes and steamed broccoli.

We had a nice bottle of wine with this; a Château La Maine, 2006 St Emilion Grande Cru, a nicely mature red Bordeaux.