Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2011

Husband made this for dinner and it was very good.

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tahoegirl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2011

Too much spice!! Made this for the first time found the spices to be much too overpowering. I'm not sure which spice it was, but it wasn't the cayenne, as I didn't feel much heat. It has potential to be good, but if I make it again, I will use half of the cardamom and mace.

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WRXXXGeof

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2011

I sliced a slit in my chicken then opened it up and sliced open the edges until it lay flat, then I rolled it around my stuffing, otherwise I followed the recipe as written, no only was it delicious but it presented beautifully as well.

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Sarah-May

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Christopher Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

Reviewed: May 2, 2010

I doubled this recipe to serve 4 people and, in the absence of mace, used 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg in the stuffing. My guests loved this dish and it is so elegant.

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GINAH1

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2010

loved this. Use fresh breasts to roll though. Had frozen so quickly browned one side of breast and made sandwiches -sort of- with 2 flattened breasts. Great filling! Thanks for this recipe.

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sherry

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2010

Used skinned & deboned thighs instead of the complication of breasts without even using a mallet and worked pretty fine - great recipe!

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Glugs

Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2010

This is wonderful and different. Remember that the recipe calls for 2 breast HALVES. That's one breast cut length-wise in half. You could not pound to 1/4 inch otherwise.

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tarantilla

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009

This one is company special. I could not manage to pound my chicken to 1/4 inch (and I was beginning to think the neighbors might be wondering WHAT was going on over here), so I slit the pieces and stuffed the slit meat, pinning with toothpicks and proceeding as instructions indicated. Had to substitute craisins for the apricots this time, but this worked well with the apple flavor. (Oooh, wonder what dried mangoes might be like!) Also, we are not the brave souls we once were, so reduced the cayenne by half with no ill effect. Truly beautiful, fairly simple (if you work around the 1/4 inch thing), and very, very tasty. Thank you for posting, Jack.

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Hezzy_tant_Cook

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008

This is a pretty different, good recipe. A lot of work to prepare; I thought the cardamom was a little overpowering and the cayenne somewhat distracting, i'd cut that in half next time although usually the spicier the better for me. I felt it was missing something and that another spice might have been an appropriate addition but couldn't quite put my finger on it... definitely needed more apricots and more than the 1/2 cup of pistachios I put in since it wasn't specified in the recipe. I'd use at least a cup.

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Elijah

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Gainesville, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2008

I took a gamble on this one and I am so glad I did. Even my picky, fruit-loathing hubby LOVED this. My only complaint is that the pistachios were not listed in the ingredients when I first tried this - so I guessed and just threw in a handful of them. I used 1/2 cinnamon and 1/2 nutmeg in lieu of the full amount of mace. I also subbed dried figs for dates. Otherwise I followed the recipe to a T. It makes a great deal of filling, FYI - we probably only used 2/3 of it. A fun, different recipe that looks and smells delicious. Thanks Jacki!

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