Lemon chicken with a frittata

Sunny flavours of the summer and the holidays at the beach closed up in a dish that is deemed to bring to mind some very good memories. Each of the elements could be a dish of its own, but the trick is in the combination of the flavours and in how well they go together. Perhaps slightly unusually, the frittata is prepared extra thin to keep it light and to be eaten within one seating.

You'll need (a portion for two):

For the lemon chicken:

one chicken breast

juice from 1/2 lemon

half a glass white wine

30gr butter 

a spoon of flour

salt & pepper 

oil

For the frittata:

one potato, evenly sliced

one onion, sliced

two eggs

30gr butter

one clove of garlic

fennel seeds

chili flakes

salt&pepper

tangy semi-soft cheese (I used Lombardian Bel Paese; Lancanshire or Cheshire cheese should go well too, although they are more crumbly)

oil

1. Warm up some oil on a pan and add the sliced onion. Allow to fry for a few minutes before adding sliced potato, evenly distributing it over the pan. Add some butter and fennel. The potatoes will take some 10 minutes to fry, depending on the thickness of the slices. Turn them to the other side when they start to brown.

2. In the meantime, warm up oil on a second pan, add the chicken breast, cut into smaller, thinner pieces and seasoned with salt and pepper.

3. A minute after turning the chicken to the other side add lemon juice, wine and butter and continue to simmer the chicken over medium heat.

4. Once the potato slices are almost ready, add finely chopped garlic.

5. Beat up the eggs, seasoning them with salt, pepper and chilli flakes.

6. Chop (or grate) the cheese into fine cubes.

7. Pour the egg mixture over the potatoes and onions and turn the heat to minimum.

8. Add the cheese on top and allow to settle. Since this version of the frittata is very thin, it is not necessary to turn it upside down, just cover it with a lid if necessary.

9. Remove the chicken from the pan, add flour to the remaining sauce and stir vigourously making sure that all the flavours from frying of the meat go into the sauce.

10. Once your frittata settles, serve it cut into half together with chicken with the lemon wine sauce poured over the top.

Buon appetito!