It's shop for Sunday Dinner recipes. This Sunday dinner recipe is the main event in a modest 3-course meal with Chicken stuffed with plums and brie cheese from Sunsweet, Butter salad with Pistachios, Bread Pudding and suggestions for wines. You can certainly add more courses.A well planned menu starts with a nicely decorated table with centerpiece, beautiful placemats or ironed tablecloth, polished silverware and gorgeous glassware, doesn't it? The most important ingredient is you, a welcoming host.
Here's how to set the table. Whether or not, you are a person who cultivates good food and wine, these dinner recipes are a whole lot of elegant. Put candles on the table, put on some soft music and relax at home with food and family.
Serves 4
2 Tbsp butter, divided
2 large shallots, thinly sliced
1/4 cup Sunsweet® Amaz!n™ Diced Prunes
4 medium-size boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 oz brie cheese, cut into 4 equal slices
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1/4 cup plum jam or preserves
1/4 cup white balsamic vinegar
Snipped fresh basil
Melt 1 Tbsp butter in a large skillet. Add shallots and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until very soft, stirring frequently. Add Amaz!ns™ and cook for 5 minutes more.
Make a horizontal slit in each chicken breast to form a large pocket. Place equal amounts of onion mixture and a piece of cheese inside each breast and secure with toothpicks; season with salt and pepper.
Brown chicken in remaining butter on both sides. Tent with foil and cook for 10 minutes over low heat, turning once or twice.
Stir together preserves and vinegar and pour over chicken. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes more or until chicken is cooked through and sauce is slightly thickened. Remove toothpicks and top with snipped fresh basil.
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Dinner Wine, White, Chardonnay, Blanc du Bois, Semillon
Dessert Wine, White, Orange Muscat
Dessert wines are typically chilled and served in a lovely wine glass. Keep the serving size at about half the usual pour, two to three ounces.
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is proud to play a role in the continuing success of the Texas wine industry. Find these Texas wines at Kroger, HEB, Randall’s, Fiesta, Whole Foods Market and Central Market.
In recent studies, the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) assigns a number of health benefits to regular, moderate wine consumption. The most widely reported benefit is The French Paradox, a theory that credits the drinking of red wine for the low incidence of heart disease in France – despite a famously high-fat, high-cholesterol diet.
Scientists note wine contains antioxidants and resveratrol, elements believed to be helpful in the prevention of certain diseases. Red wine consumption (and to a lesser degree, white wine) is linked to a number of health benefits, including: heart disease prevention; reduced risk of certain cancers; lowering bad cholesterol; weight loss; improved brain function; controlling glucose and insulin levels; and lowering blood pressure.
Most studies cited here recommend consumption of one or two glasses of wine a day with meals, noting the detrimental effects of over-consumption.