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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

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

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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.

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

Cover and refrigerate until needed.

Stage 4 - 6 min.

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

Stage 5 - 3 min.

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

Stage 6 - 2 min.

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

Stage 7 - 3 min.

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

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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

Stage 9 - 3 min.

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...then in the breadcrumb coating.

Prepare all the sandwiches like this.

Stage 10 - 4 min.

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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

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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.

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

Stage 13

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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

% 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 : 7.40 €
Per person : 1.85 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Jacqueline Ury.

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	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Crêpes Suzette, Doughnuts, Arlesian Biscuits, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mozzarella pasta bake, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Breton galettes (pancakes), Ham pasta bake, Ham "friand" pie, ... All

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