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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

For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 slices bread
2 parsley
3 coriander
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

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	14 min.	38 min.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #1

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.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #2

Chop the parsley and coriander .

Stage 3 - 2 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #3

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

Cover and refrigerate until needed.

Stage 4 - 6 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #4

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

Stage 5 - 3 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #5

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

Stage 6 - 2 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #6

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

Stage 7 - 3 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #7

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

Stage 8 - 3 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #8

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

Stage 9 - 3 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #9

...then in the breadcrumb coating.

Prepare all the sandwiches like this.

Stage 10 - 4 min.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #10

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

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #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.

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #12

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

Stage 13

French toast "cordon bleu" : Photo of step #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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,413 Kcal or 10,103 Kj	101 gr	148 gr	205 gr
121 %	39 %	14 %	31 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
268 Kcal or 1,122 Kj	11 gr	16 gr	23 gr
13 %	4 %	2 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
603 Kcal or 2,525 Kj	25 gr	37 gr	51 gr
30 %	10 %	3 %	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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.14 €
Per person : 1.04 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Jacqueline Ury.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Crispy potato galette with leeks, Eggs in brioche nests, Pork Chops with Rosemary, Springtime mixed salad, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Flamiche, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Passion fruit jellies, Coconut tuiles, Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Pesto crackers, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin slices with spinach, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Home-made breadcrumb coating, Norwegian tartines, Warm autumn salad, ... All

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