Griddled Chicken Breast, Aubergine and Classic Basil Pesto

Serves 4. Preparation 30mins

Ingredients

3 aubergines
4 chicken breasts
1 jar Sacla' Classic Pesto or Sacla' Pesto alla Genovese
salt & pepper
Optional Tomatoes
800g tomatoes
1 onion
extra virgin olive oil
Salt & pepper
handful of fresh basil leaves

Method

Heat the griddle pan until smoking. Lay the chicken breasts on it and leave for 6 minutes.
Turn over and leave for another 6 minutes. Take off and Move to heated oven to rest.
Slice the aubergines lengthways into slices about as thick as your finger. You need 8 slices in all. Place them on the griddle and griddle away for 3 minutes.
Turn over and griddle the other side for 3 minutes. Spread each slice of aubergine with a decent helping - perhaps a teaspoonful of pesto on one side.
Place the chicken breast on top and then another pesto covered slice of aubergine on top.
Optional tomato