Cooking With Martin Gillespie – Retro Chef

Retro’s ‘quick-n-easy Chicken Caesar Salad
Serves 2 – 4 people

Ingredients
2 tablespoons Signature Range Classic Caesar dressing
2 rashes Action bacon chopped
1 large chicken breast diced
1 cos lettuce washed
3 anchovies finally chopped (optional)
50 gms basil pesto (to coat croutons)
4 slices un-cut bread for croutons

Method
Chop bread into small squares and toss pesto though, bake in an oven until dry and crispy set aside.
Cook diced chicken with bacon and season to taste.
Place cos lettuce in a large bowl, add chicken and croutons with dressing and toss.
Top with anchovies and Parmesan cheese, serve immediately with a glass of chilled Salitage Unwooded Chardonnay.

Retro Chef now has his own restaurant with ‘live in’ food and wine weekends at Waddi Bush Resort in Badgingarra. It makes a great summer break.

For more details call Martin at the resort on 9652 9071.

Martin would love to thank all his supporters in 2005 : CIRCULON nonstick cookware, Evinox pressure cookers, from The Pressure Cooker Centre, Salitage Wines and of course Fisher & Paykel appliances.

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