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Published: 26th August 2008

Lemon’s a bright idea to squeeze some sun back into our lives

Clare Latimer despairs at the recent downpours and adopts a yellow-dish theme to warm us up as we wait for a long spell of hot weather

OH dear, wet days, cold winds, floods, mud and a great deal more this summer.
It is a far cry from last summer when we were dashing for shade and fans. Here, I am going to put a little sunshine on your plates with yellow sauces to frame the dishes. We can yet hope for more, but this will do for starters.

Lemon chicken with polenta
Lovely summer dish to serve with a fresh green salad. For the sun-dried tomato, use one from a jar which has been marinated in olive oil if pos sible, and then use the olive oil from the jar as it will add more flavour than plain olive oil.

Ingredients
Serves 4
1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon, all zest and half of the juice
Handful of fresh parsley
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 sun-dried tomato
4 free range chicken breast fillets
300ml milk
150g instant polenta
150g Gorgonzola,
crumbled.

Method
Put the garlic, olive oil, lemon zest and juice, parsley, seasoning and sun-dried tomato into a small blender and whizz until smooth (or chop and crush well). Rub this mixture all over the chicken breasts.
Heat a large frying pan, add the breasts and cook gently for about five minutes and then turn over and repeat until the breasts are cooked.
Meanwhile, pour the milk into a saucepan and check with the polenta packet as to how much liquid the mix needs as it can vary. Add water at this point to make up to the amount instructed.
Bring to the boil then remove from the heat and add the polenta. Stir well with wooden spoon until mixed and then beat well. Add some salt.
Put back over low heat and cook gently for about four minutes or until thickened.
Stir in the cheese and then arrange on four plates. Top with the lemony chicken breasts and serve.

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