Chicken, Ham And Swiss Cheese Baked In Puff Pastry

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
• seasoning salt
• black pepper (or use salt)
• 1 sheet puff pastry (use half of a package or use the 2 sheets for 8 pastries)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon cold water
• 8 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 4 slices cooked ham
• 4 slices swiss cheese (can 8 slices, 2 slices for each pastry)

Recipe

• 1 lightly grease an 11 x 7-inch baking dish (if you are making 8 chicken pastries use a 13 x 9-inch baking dish).
• 2 in a skillet melt the butter with oil.
• 3 season the chicken with salt and pepper, and cook until browned on both sides (about 8 minutes per side) then refrigerate for 20 minutes.
• 4 set oven to 400 degrees.
• 5 unfold the pastry sheet and thaw at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• 6 roll out to a 14-inch square.
• 7 cut into 4 (7-inch) squares.
• 8 spread about 2 teaspoons dijon mustard on the bottom of each square, then top with 1 slice of ham, then one (or two slices swiss cheese.
• 9 place the browned chicken breast over the cheese.
• 10 in a small bowl whisk together the egg and cold water, then brush the edges of the squares with the egg mixture.
• 11 fold the corners to center on top of the chicken, then seal the edges.
• 12 place seam-side down in preaped baking dish.
• 13 brush the tops with egg mixture.
• 14 bake for about 25 minutes, or until golden brown.