Basil Chicken Recipe With Pine Nuts & Saffron Mayonnaise

This delicious chicken canapé from Vineet Bhatia is simple to prepare and combines some wonderful flavour. Make the dip earlier in the day and keep it in the fridge. The spice mix, chaat masala, is easy to buy online or from Indian grocery stores for this basil chicken recipe

Basil chicken recipe

Canapé

Easy

15 minutes plus marinating and soaking

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Mix together all the ingredients for the marinade and rub it on the chicken slices. Leave to marinate for 20 minutes

Mix together all the ingredients for the masala cheese and then chill

To make the dip, very briefly dry roast the saffron in a small frying pan over a very low heat, then soak it in 2 tablespoons of hot water for 30 minutes

Mix together the Greek yogurt and mayonnaise, then stir in the saffron water. Add the lemon juice, fennel seeds, cardamom, sugar and salt, mix well and pass through a very fine sieve. Store in the fridge

Sear the chicken pieces on a chargrill pan until they are almost cooked. Arrange on a baking tray, sprinkle the cheese mix on top and flash under a hot grill for 1 minute, or place in an oven preheated to 190°C/Gas Mark 5 for 3 minutes, until browned and bubbling

To serve, pile the chicken on to plates and serve with the dip on the side

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Ingredients

Chicken

1 boneless and skinless chicken breast, cut into 4 slices

Marinade recipe

1 tbsp of olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
0.25 tsp of turmeric
0.5 tsp of green chilli, finely chopped
0.5 tsp of ginger, finely chopped
0.25 tsp of garam masala

Masala cheese recipe

40g of mozzarella cheese, grated
40g of mature cheddar, grated
1 red onion, chopped
0.25 tsp of green chilli, finely chopped
0.25 tsp of ginger, finely chopped
1 tsp of basil, chopped
0.25 tsp of chaat masala
1 tbsp of pine nuts

Saffron and cardamom dip recipe

0.5 tsp of saffron
6 tbsp of Greek yoghurt
2 tbsp of mayonnaise
1 lemon, juiced
0.5 tsp of fennel seeds, ground
0.25 tsp of cardamom seeds, ground
0.25g of caster sugar
salt
2 tbsp of water

Equipment

Fine sieve

This is a fragrant basil chicken recipe from top chef Vineet Bhatia. The chicken is gratinated in pine nuts and basil and served with a saffron mayonnaise