Chicken, Broccoli and Mushroom Gratin

Ingredients

• 500 g chicken breast
• 1 1/2 cups broccoli
• 1/2 cup mushrooms
• 200 g penne
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 chicken stock cubes or a full packet of powder
• Bay leaf
• 2 cardamom pods
• 1/4 cup oil with 2 tbsp butter
• 1 liter water
• 1 cup cream
• 1 tbsp flour
• Cheddar cheese
• 1 tbsp chopped rosemary or Italian seasoning
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Method

1. Boil the chicken breasts with the bay leaf, cardamom and stock cubes for about half an hour and remove the bones.
2. Heat the oil with the butter, soften the onion and garlic, add the mushrooms, then the chicken stock. Once boiling, add the flour, then the cream, then the cheddar and stir until it boils.
3. Put the pasta in a baking dish, then the broccoli and the cubed chicken. Pour over the sauce, making sure the pasta is fully covered so it cooks, and bake for half an hour at 180°C.