Ingredients

  • 1 pound chicken breast halves boneless and skinless
  • 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 shallots chopped
  • 1 tablespoon marsala wine
  • 2 cups fresh mushrooms sliced
  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 2 tablespoons sherry
  • 1 teaspoon grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 ounces frozen puff pastry packet, 17 1/4 ea thawed
  • 12 Swiss cheese slices 1 oz ea
  • 12 ham slices country, 1 oz ea
  • 1 egg white lightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine melted
  • 1/4 cup dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method

  • Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt. Cook chicken in a lightly greased nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 7 to 8 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Remove from skillet; chop chicken, and set aside. I grill mine.
  • Melt 2 tablespoons butter in nonstick skillet over medium heat; add shallots and onion, and saute 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, and saute 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low; add cream cheese and milk, stirring until blended. I add Marsala here as well as a good squirt of dijon
  • Remove from heat; add chopped chicken. Stir in sherry and next 3 ingredients.
  • Unfold 3 pastry sheets on a lightly floured surface; cut into fourths. Roll into 10-inch squares.
  • Place 1 cheese slice and 1 ham slice on center of each puff pastry square; top with 1/4 cup chicken mixture. Bring corners together over filling, gently pressing to seal.
  • Cut remaining pastry sheet into thin strips; tie each bundle with pastry ribbon. Place on a baking sheet; brush with egg white.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes or until golden. Whisk together melted butter and next 3 ingredients. Serve over pastry bundles. I didn't do the lemon juice in the butter but I did do it in the ingredients. When you remove the pastry, glaze with butter and mustard.