A couple of weeks ago, friends from France visited us in Sydney and stayed with us for a few days. I cooked most nights and tried to make them experience Australian food (and wine!).
One of the night, I decided to make chicken parmigiana because:
- We don't have this dish in France - the closest dish we have is called "Cordon Bleu" which is crumbed chicken breast, ham and cheese.
- Chicken parmigiana used to be one of my favourite pub food when I first came to Australia!
- I had never made it at home before and thought having my friends over would be a great opportunity to give it a go!
It was very easy to prepare and my French friends have seemed to really enjoy it! I served it with a green leaves salad to counter balance the calories count.
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Ingredients
- 4x crumbed chicken schnitzels (about 125g each)
- 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
- 2/3 cup tomato paste mixed with water
- 1/3 cup of fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
- Salt and black pepper
- 100g of grated mozzarella cheese
Method
- Heat extra virgin olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook schnitzels for 4 minutes each side or until golden and cooked through, adding extra oil if needed. Transfer to a non-stick baking tray.
- Mix the basil leaves with tomato paste and water, add salt and pepper to taste
- Spread 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce over each schnitzel. Top with cheese.
- Grill for 4 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden. Serve with a green leaves salad.
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We only see three pieces in the photos (although the recipe says it's for 4) because my convection oven is to small to fit any larger baking tray (arrgh!!), so I cooked mine separately, luckily melting the cheese was very quick!
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| Anything with cheese is tasty to me! Do you agree?! |
What is your favourite Australian food/dish?
Yummy, that looks so good. Hmmm fav Aussie food. Cherry ripe!
ReplyDeleteHi Megan and thanks for the comment! I have made them try Cherry Ripe too, as well as Lamingtons of course!
DeleteOne of my favorites! Can't top a chicken Parmi. My version has slices of grilled eggplant under the sauce and cheese which is yum and makes it all a bit more filling. Also eliminates the need for carbs if you're cutting back!
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel, thanks for visiting me! I'll try including grilled eggplant next time, it sounds lovely! Eggplant is one of my favourite vegetables!
DeleteOther than Tim Tams, I don't really have a favourite Aussie food. Most of our dishes come from or are heavily influenced by some other cuisine, so it's hard to think of any recipe other than pavlova that's actually Australian. Veal Parmigiana is actually Italian - it first showed up on restaurant menus here in the late 70s and was very exotic. ;) Then pubs adopted it and over time, chicken became the meat of choice. It's definitely a tasty meal.
ReplyDeleteKangaroo is about as Australian as you can get, but unfortunately I've tried it a number of ways and don't like it at all. And I'm not being sentimental, the taste simply doesn't appeal.