Creamy Pasta With Chicken In Lemon-dill Sauce

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb medium pasta shell
• 1/3 cup wine
• 1/4 cup extra-strong chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons fresh finely chopped dill
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into small bite size pieces
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream (35%)
• 1 lemon, juice of, fresh
• grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 • in a large pot of boiling water, cook pasta shells for 3 minutes to partly cook them. drain, rinse with cold water and set pasta aside.
• 2 •in a separate skillet over moderately high heat, add wine, stock, dill and chicken to pot; bring to a boil and then simmer, stirring occasionally until the liquid is reduced by half (~10 mins as the chicken will also release liquid).
• 3 • add cream and lemon juice to the chicken and bring the liquid back to a boil. add the drained pasta shells and simmer over moderately high heat, stirring constantly until the liquid is reduced by half again and the sauce has thickened (~5-7 mins).
• 4 • add parmesan to the pasta and salt & pepper if desired.
• 5 • stir to mix thoroughly and serve immediately.