Tonight's
meal is a take off of a classic British Dish: Beef Wellington. For
our repast we will use chicken breast, ham, with an inner topping of
crushed pineapple & brown sugar.
These
elegant pockets are named in honor of King Kamehameha V of Hawaii.
This makes an elegant, succulent dish to impress any Master!
Ingredients:
3
chicken breasts, (boneless, skinless)
3
slices of a sweet cured ham
1
small can crushed pineapple drained
2
Tbs brown sugar.
1
tube of crescent roll dough
3
Tbs soy sauce (low sodium)
Stir
fry vegetables for a side.
Directions:
Heat
oven to 400
degrees.
Set a rack over a lined baking sheet and spray with cooking spray.
Cut
a slit pocket into the side of each chicken breast, stuff a piece of
ham in that.
In
a small bowl combine the drained pineapple and brown sugar.
Unroll
the tube of crescent roll dough. Cut into three pieces.
Place
a tbs of the pineapple mixture on each and top with the chicken.
Spread
the chicken liberally with soy sauce.
Wrap
the dough around and seal well. Cut three small slits in the dough
to vent.
Place
each on the baking rack.
Bake
until the chicken is cooked through, 15
to 20 minutes.
Or
until registers 160°F
on an instant-read thermometer poked through the dough.
Remove
to a platter and allow to rest for at least 5 minutes before serving!
While
the pockets are baking, cook the stir fry vegetables according to the
package.
This
elegant meal requires nothing further. The mixture of vegetables
balance the sweet taste of the chicken well.
Serving
my Master
socialslave
To
satisfy and restore.
To
nourish, support and maintain.
To
gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
to
nurture, assist, and sustain
…..I
cook!
Please
buy slave's cookbook:
The
Little Black Book of Indiscreet Recipes
by
Dan White
http://www.amazon.com
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Hawaii
became our 50th
state on 21 AUG 1959!
During
the 1780s
and 1790s,
the island chiefs often fought for power. After a series of battles
that ended in 1795,
all inhabited islands were pulled together under a single ruler who
became known as King
Kamehameha the Great. He
established the House of Kamehameha, a dynasty that ruled the kingdom
until 1872.
Kamehameha
V (1830–1872),
reigned as monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1863
to 1872.
His motto was "Onipa`a": immovable, firm, steadfast or
determined; he worked diligently for his people and kingdom and was
described as the last great traditional chief.
Also
known as the Bachelor
King, this monarch never married nor produced an heir.
He
was the first king to encourage revival of traditional practices.
Under his reign, the laws against "kahunaism" were
repealed. A Hawaiian Board of Medicine was established, with kahuna
members, and la'au lapa'au or Hawaiian medicine was again practiced.
He brought kahuna practitioners to Honolulu to document their
remedies.
Mark
Twain came in March 1866
and four months, writing letters back to the Sacramento Union
describing the islands. Twain described the king:
"He
was a wise sovereign; he had seen something of the world; he was
educated & accomplished, & he tried hard to do well by his
people, & succeeded. There was no trivial royal nonsense about
him; He dressed plainly, poked about Honolulu, night or day, on his
old horse, unattended; he was popular, greatly respected, and even
beloved."
So
slave decided to name this Hawaiian version of a British dish after
this nearly forgotten monarch.
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