Instructions: NOTE - the chicken is seared in a grill on the stove top. The cooking is continued in a hot oven for about 5 minutes while you make the sauce.

Use a food processor to finely dice the pear, radishes and piece of red bell pepper. Add the tarragon and basil leaves, salt and pepper, and pulse a few seconds until incorporated. [Do no process the almonds.]

Next combine the sauce ingredients, adding things to the measure of broth.

Preheat a square grill pan on the stove top to high. Meanwhile, finely julienne cut a few quarter sized pieces of lemon peel and press the lemon into the chicken pieces. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Grill in the hot pan, turning as infrequently as possible until the grid lines are a golden brown. Transfer to an oven proof dish and place in the oven to continue cooking for 3 to 4 minutes. Saute flipping constantly the minced pear mixture. Add the almonds and toss. Add the sauce liquids and allow to bubble and reduce by one third; the sauce retain some of his juiciness; add salt and pepper to taste. Flavor with oil or butter if you want.

Plate the chicken; top with the relish and and saucy juice. [260.5 CALS,

NOTES Do not make applesauce. Avoid the temptation to press down on the relish with spoon or spatula.

Makes enough relish for 3 servings; so if you serve 8-ounce chicken breasts, you do not need to increase the relish.

MENU We served this with scrubbed Idaho (yes, Idaho! very good)

potatoes; cubed, sauted briefly in garlic and olive oil; sprinkled with salt and plenty of pepper and minced fresh rosemary. They were roasted in a preheated 425degF oven, covered, for 25 minutes. Steam a fresh vegetable; we had green beans. [MENU: 360.4 CALS 11.3G FAT /MC est]

NOTES : We had Red Anjou Pears at the store and grabbed some. They are low sugar pears, great for cooking. This menu was very satisfying.

Didnt talk until we were halfway through. Some may want to add a little allspice to the pear relish but we liked it this way.

Oh, and do try Idahos in your roasted potato with rosemary recipes. Leftovers will go into a potato-garlic soup tomorrow.

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