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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 ½ cup cheese
9 4 Eggs
10 ¼ cup liquid cream
11 ¼ cup butter
12 4 tablespoons oil

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 24 min.

Cooking: 14 min.

All in all: 38 min.

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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 ¼ cup 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 ¼ cup 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
2,847 Kcal or 11,920 Kj	373 gr	2,348 gr	245 gr
142 %	144 %	222 %	37 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
316 Kcal or 1,323 Kj	41 gr	261 gr	27 gr
16 %	16 %	25 %	4 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
712 Kcal or 2,981 Kj	93 gr	587 gr	61 gr
36 %	36 %	55 %	9 %

% 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, leaven, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.16 €
Per person : 1.04 €

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