Food 52

Chicken Kiev With Walnuts in a Sage Brown Butter Sauce

This is a modification of a modification. Chicken Kiev from the Alice's restaurant Cookbook was long a mainstay of our meal rotation, but I immediately modified the recipe to exclude egg and I always made a lemon butter sauce to pour over the Kievs. I was inspired to use a combination of ingredients that I love; namely, walnuts, sage, and Boursin cheese. The use of citrus in the preparation of the walnuts as well as the sauce gives the dish a nice lilt. Browning the butter lightly while preparing the finishing sauce adds richness in flavor. This is a very easy dish to prepare that is ideal for a company dinner.