Easter Brunch at Alfoccino Restaurant

Easter is a great time to meet with and share a meal with family, friends and loved ones. If brunch is on the agenda, Alfoccino Restaurant in Auburn Hills is putting together a special event. For $24.95 (adults) and $12.50 (for kids 10 and under), visitors on Sunday, April 1 will get:

  • Prime Rib Station
  • Salmon with lemon dill and capers
  • Chicken Piccata
  • Pastas
  • Bagels and cream cheese
  • Muffins
  • Plus much much more 

 

Owner Sunny Palaj visited the Fox 2 Kitchen Saturday morning with a chef to showcase some of their favorite recipes, including chicken piccata. 


Chicken Piccata

Ingredients

  • -2 split skinless, boneless, pounded chicken breast
  • -salt and pepper
  • -1 large egg
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ cup 2 percent milk
  • ½ cup white wine (Pinot Grigio)
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • ½ spoon minced garlic
  • 2 spoons lemon juice
  • 10 pcs button mushrooms
  • Generous amount of extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 lemon wheels
  • ½ ounce chopped fresh parsley

Directions

  1. Mix egg & milk together.
  2. In separate bowl, mix flour & salt and pepper.
  3. In a large sautee` pan over medium high heat, put about 3 spoons of extra virgin oil.
  4. When oil is hot, add 2 pcs of chicken side by side and cook for 3 mins.
  5. When around the edges of chicken starts turning brown, flip them and let them cook for another 2.5 mins. Remove and transfer to a plate.
  6. This time you can start cooking the mushrooms in the same oil until they are mushie. Then remove Towel dry the same pan.
  7. Into the pan over medium high heat/flame, add chicken stock, cooked mushrooms, minced garlic , & lemon juice and bring to a boil.
  8. Add salt & peeper according to your taste. Add the sautéed` chicken to the boiling mixture and let it simmer for 3 mins or so.
  9. Transfer chicken over a plate and pour the sauce over. Garnish with a lemon wheel and chopped fresh parsley