Sage Topped Chicken Casserole in a Sour Cream and Sherry sauce.

Well, what a mouthful for such a delicious, easy Chicken casserole. Can be made ahead and reheated. I was researching old recipes and found this in one of my many recipe folders, on a crumpled scrap of paper. It sounded delish and wondered why I had never tried it? Wonder no more!! The title was not as above, but Fave Chicken Casserole. Very boring for such a super dish.

You could make your own sage stuffing, without adding the liquid, but for ease, I bought Sainsburys Taste The Difference Wild Sage, Roasted Shallot and Lemon packet stuffing.

Serves 4. Pre heat your fan oven to 190C. You will need a shallow ish, ovenproof serving dish, greased lightly.

4 chicken breasts [I used skinless]

1 packet of sage and onion stuffing mix

some broccoli or similar veg [the chicken will sit on this]

[I used a packet of tenderstem]

2 oz butter

1 oz plain flour

¾ pint of good chicken stock [nothing wrong with a little good stock pot]

4 fl oz of sour cream

3 tablespoonfuls sherry [I used a sweet sherry]

Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper

4 oz grated mature cheddar

Coat your chicken breasts in the stuffing crumbs and place then in the ovenproof dish. Cover tightly with a lid or foil and roast for about 35-40 mins.

Meanwhile cook the broccoli until just barely tender. Drain. Set aside for a mo. [do this just before the chicken will be ready]

Melt the butter in a small pan and thick in the flour. Take it off the heat and gradually stir in the stock. Slowly bring to the boil, stirring all the while until thickened. Stir in the cream and sherry and also season to taste.

Lift the chicken and place the broccoli stems in the base of your dish and pour over half of the sauce.  Arrange the chicken on top. Add half of the grated cheese to the other half of the sauce and pour that over the chicken. Sprinkle over the remainder of the cheese and place under a pre heated hot grill, until lightly browned and bubbling. Not too close to the top!!

Serve with any potato dish and perhaps baby carrots for a super easy delicious meal.

The scrap of paper told me it can be made ahead and stored in the fridge then re heated in a moderate oven for half an hour.