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French toast "cordon bleu"

You are probably familiar with those "cordon bleu" chicken breasts filled with ham and melted cheese that so many kids seem to enjoy.

Here's a lighter, bread-based version that is deliciously moist. The bread is dipped in egg, like for French toast, then in a coating of breadcrumbs with herbs before being fried.

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Last modified on: February 12^th 2017

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 slices bread
2 parsley
3 fresh coriander (cilantro)
4 4 tablespoons breadcrumbs
5 salt
6 pepper
7 4 slices ham
8 80 g cheese
9 4 eggs
10 50 g liquid cream
11 50 g butter
12 4 tablespoons oil
Total weight: 900 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Cut 4 slices bread fairly thick. This is a good way to use up bread that has started to go dry.

Split each slice horizontally, but without cutting all the way through, to form a "pocket".

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Chop the parsley and fresh coriander (cilantro) .

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Mix the chopped herbs with 4 tablespoons breadcrumbs, salt and pepper.

Cover and refrigerate until needed.

Stage 4 - 6 min.

In a frying pan, fry 4 slices ham lightly on both sides.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Fill each slice of bread with a slice of ham and slices of cheese (Comté shown here).

Stage 6 - 2 min.

In a bowl beat 4 eggs briefly with 50 g liquid cream, salt and pepper.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Pour the beaten eggs into a shallow dish and put the egg and breadcrumb mixture in another.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Dip both sides of the sandwiches first in the beaten egg...

Stage 9 - 3 min.

...then in the breadcrumb coating.

Prepare all the sandwiches like this.

Stage 10 - 4 min.

Pour 50 g butter and 4 tablespoons oil into a large frying pan on medium heat.

When hot, lay the sandwiches in the pan and cook until golden brown on the first side.

Stage 11

You can turn the heat down at this stage and cover the pan with a sheet of aluminium foil for 2 or 3 minutes to help melt the cheese, but this is not essential if you are using a soft-paste cheese (see below for more about this).

Stage 12 - 4 min.

When the underneath is nicely browned, turn the sandwiches over and cook the other side.

Stage 13

Serve piping hot.

Remarks

For the cheese, use whatever you prefer, but do note that if you use a hard-paste cheese (Comté, Emmental, etc.) the texture will be less "melting" than with a soft-paste cheese (Saint-Nectaire, Mont d'Or, etc.) - something children usually love.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Based on a recipe by Jacqueline Ury.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,413 Kcal or 10,103 Kj	105 gr	180 gr	205 gr
121 %	40 %	17 %	31 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
268 Kcal or 1,122 Kj	12 gr	20 gr	23 gr
13 %	4 %	2 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
603 Kcal or 2,525 Kj	26 gr	45 gr	51 gr
30 %	10 %	4 %	8 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Sourdough, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.16 €
Per person : 1.04 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur complet, Potato and cheese pie, Springtime mixed salad, Grilled cheese, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche Tatin, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Fillet of salmon meunière, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon creams, Smoked eggs, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Pain perdu, ... All
	Breadcrumbs: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fish in a seed crust, Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, Escalopes in a sesame crust, Fish "à la Bordelaise", Crab Cakes, ... All

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