Chicken Breast With Posh Ham

How to Make

• Step 1: To prepare your chicken first grate your Parmesan then pick the thyme leaves off the stalks.

• Step 2: Carefully score the underside of the chicken breasts in a criss-cross fashion with a small knife and season with a little pepper (you don't need salt the prosciutto is quite salty).

• Step 3: Lay your breasts next to each other and sprinkle over most of the thyme leaves, grate a little lemon zest over them and then sprinkle with the parmesan.

• Step 4: Lay 3 prosciutto slices on each chicken breast, overlapping them slightly, drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with the remaining thyme leaves.

• Step 5: Put a square of cling film over each breast and give a few really good bashes with the bottom of a pan until they're about 1cm thick.

• Step 6: To cook your chicken put a frying pan over a medium heat, remove they clingfilm and carefully transfer the chicken breasts prosciutto side down, into the pan and drizzle over some olive oil and cook for 3 minutes each side, turning halfway through, giving the ham side an extra 30 seconds to crisp up.

• Step 7: To serve your chicken either serve the chicken breasts whole or cut them into thick slices and pile them on a plate.

• Step 8: Serve with some lemon wedges for squeezing over, and good drizzle of olive oil, lovely with mash and green vegetable or a crunchy salad.