Marengo Cavour Recipes

EASY CHICKEN MARENGO (SHHHH, IT'S CAMPBELL'S)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients, except for the chicken, in a bowl.
• Put chicken parts in a pyrex baking dish and pour the soup blend over the chicken.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• Meanwhile, prepare a box of linguine or any other pasta to serve with the chicken and drain.
• There will be a lot of sauce to serve with the chicken and pasta. Hope you like it.

CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Sauté the onions and garlic in vegetable oil until translucent.
• Mix flour, salt, and red pepper flakes, and coat the chicken.
• Add the pieces of chicken to the pan with the oil and sauté until browned on all sides.
• Add the tomatoes and chicken stock.
• Simmer, covered, for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan and sauté the mushrooms until tender.
• Sprinkle the mushrooms with lemon juice.
• Remove the chicken pieces from pot, drizzle with olive oil to taste, and place them in a serving dish to keep warm.
• Add the mushrooms, basil, and chopped parsley to the tomato sauce, pour over the chicken, and toss well.

NAPOLEON'S CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Salt and pepper chicken and pat in seasonings.
• Heat olive oil to med-high.
• Dredge chicken in flour and add to heated oil.
• Brown on both sides, about 3 minutes each side.
• Place browned chicken on papertowels
• In same skillet, saute onions 10 minutes.
• After five mins add minced garlic.
• Add tomatoes, wine, and stir until bubbly.
• Lower heat to a low simmer.
• Return chicken pieces to skillet.
• Simmer for 1 hour if using dark meat, 45 mins if using breasts.
• Check chicken at 15 min intervals. If too dry, add 1/3 C Chicken Broth (or to your liking).
• At first 15 min interval, taste sauce and S& P to your taste.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Add mushrooms and shrimp to simmering chicken at 50 mins or 35 mins, respectively, assure shrimp is simmering in sauce until just pink.
• Butter slices of bread or drizzle olive oil and toast in preheated oven (3-5 mins).
• Add one piece of chicken on top of a slice of toast, spoon sauce over chicken.
• Add 2-3 shrimp on top or around chicken.
• Sprinkle a little parsley on each serving (optional).
• Fry eggs in olive oil or bacon grease, Sunny side up (eggs optional).
• Place egg by side of chicken serving, S&P to taste.

MARENGO CAVOUR

Steps:

• Combine 6 eggs whites and 1/2 tsp cream of tartar. Beat at highest speed just until frothy.
• Continue beating and add 1 cup of sugar, 1 Tbls. every minute, sprinkling it gradually over the mixing whites.
• Add 1tsp. vanilla and beat for 2 minutes. The whites should hold very stiff, sharp unbending peaks.
• Trace two 8" circles on parchment paperand place on two baking sheets. Using pas-try bag with plain tip, spread half of meringue on each disk. On second circle pipe with decorative swirls and puffs.
• Bake in 250 F oven 1 1/2 hours (color should be pure white to pale amber). Switch meringues halfway through baking. Turn off oven, leave meringues in closed oven for 3-4 hours to continue drying, or to leave in oven overnight.
• Blend 1 teaspoons instant coffee powder, 4 Tbls.Frangelico, 2 Tbls. Kahlua and 1 teaspoons vanilla.
• Beat 2 cups whipping cream until stiff, fold in coffee mixture and 10 oz.coarsely chopped chocolate.
• Place flat meringue on plate, spreadwhipped cream just on top disk. Place decorative disk on top. Cut in wedges.