Cordon Bleu is a cheese and ham stuffed Schnitzel.
A Schnitzel is a flour and breadcrumbs coated thin slice of boneless meat, a veal escalope.
A ham and cheese can be either rolled or folded into the meat or a pocket can be cut out of a thicker cut of meat.
Then it's coated with egg and breadcrumbs before the cordon bleu is shallow fried in a pan.
A classic cordon bleu in Europe is always a veal cordon bleu. On the american continent, a cordon bleu is prepared with chicken meat.
🍴 How to serve your Cordon Bleu?
The easiest, and always suitable, way is to enjoy a cordon bleu is with butter parsley potatoes.
Lingonberry jam acts like a lovely flavor balancing sauce too.
I like a green salad and a vinaigrette with that too.
Here are some more side dish options:
roasted carrots
roasted brussels sprouts
butter flavored green beans
📜 Wine Pairing
I think a rosé is a great choice with veal meat. It's delicate and if you choose a semi fruity aromatic rosé, you could have a beautiful complete meal.
If you prefer red wine then my recommendation is a pinot noir, merlot, or a beaujolais.
🍱 Storing
Leftovers can be reheated in the oven or in a pan. Just take care to not overcook the meat.
Heat the meat over a slow flame because veal is a delicate meat.
You can meal prep the dish by prepping as per instructions. That means, coat the meat with breadcrumbs and place them into fridge friendly containers.
To freeze, coat them with breadcrumbs and place the uncooked cordon bleu on a flat sheet pan.
Place into your freezer and wait for the meat to freeze hard. Place into containers and back into the freezer for up to 2 months.
Thaw in your fridge over night and then just shallow fry in some oil as per recipe.
Flatten your veal filet to stretch out. Take care not to create holes into the meat. Season with salt and pepper on both sides.
Take a slice of ham and a slice of cheese, place the cheese on the ham and close the ham in such a way so that the cheese is inside and doesn't cross the ham border.
Then take the wrapped ham/cheese slices and place on a veal filet. Fold meat over ham and cheese to create a pocket, seal with a toothpick on one side.
Prepare 3 plates, one with all purpose flour, another with the egg and the last one with the breadcrumbs.
Drag the veal cordon bleu pocket first through the flour, then through the egg and coat at last with the bread crumbs.
Heat up a pan with the cooking oil. Shallow fry the cordon bleu golden on both sides over high to medium heat.
Remove and discard toothpick before serving. Serve hot with a side.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Veal Cordon Bleu Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 653Calories from Fat 333
% Daily Value*
Fat 37g57%
Saturated Fat 11g55%
Cholesterol 197mg66%
Sodium 897mg37%
Potassium 539mg15%
Carbohydrates 37g12%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 41g82%
Vitamin A 360IU7%
Calcium 290mg29%
Iron 3.9mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Etymology. after earlier cordon bleu "exceptional cook," borrowed from French, literally, "blue ribbon," referring to the blue ribbon or sash worn by the Chevaliers du Saint-Esprit, the highest order of knighthood under the Bourbon kings.
The origins of cordon bleu as a schnitzel filled with cheese are in Brig, Switzerland, probably about the 1940s, first mentioned in a cookbook from 1949. The earliest reference to "chicken cordon bleu" in The New York Times is dated to 1967, while similar veal recipes are found from at least 1955.
Chicken, veal, or pork cordon bleu is a fillet (= a piece of meat without bones) wrapped around ham and cheese, covered with breadcrumbs, and fried: I love chicken cordon bleu but I like to make it lower in fat by baking instead of frying it. I recommend their pork cordon bleu.
Classic chicken cordon bleu is made with the following ingredients: chicken cutlets, cooked ham, Swiss cheese, bread crumbs, and simple spices. It's usually topped with a rich cream sauce spiked with a hint of Dijon mustard.
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Cordon bleu is a delicious food, to be enjoyed alone or in company. His recipe, originally consisting of a breaded meat cutlet stuffed with melted cheese and cooked ham, has transformed over the years to include more conscious versions.
(kɔʀdɔ̃̃ˈblø) French. 1. the blue ribbon formerly worn as an emblem by Knights of the Order of the Holy Ghost, the highest order of knighthood in France under the Bourbon monarchy. 2.
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Veal in Italy. “If you are in Milan and you're talking about veal, then you are only ever talking about vitello da late, la carne bianca, bianca alla Milanese!”
What is it? Veal is meat from young calves, which are usually slaughtered at about six months old. The word 'veal' comes from the French, 'veau'. It was only the Norman-French aristocracy of medieval England who were privileged enough to eat the meat, and hence it was them who named it.
A similar dish to cordon bleu is schnitzel, which is also made with pounded thin meat that is breaded and fried until crispy. However, schnitzel is not typically filled with ham and cheese like cordon bleu is.
The dish, which is Swiss in origin—a derivative of schnitzel—takes its name from the French term “cordon bleu” in reference to the wide blue ribbon worn by members of the highest order of knighthood, L'Ordre des Chevaliers du Saint-Esprit, instituted by Henri III of France in 1578.
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1578 •Le Cordon Bleu was named after the blue ribbon worn by “L'Ordre des Chevaliers du Saint Esprit”, a special order of knights formed by King Henry III.
Literally translated, “cordon bleu” means blue ribbon—meaning an award for excellence! The term also refers to thin, boneless pieces of chicken; topped with a slice of each of a variety of ham and cheese types. Traditionally, the stacks are rolled up and sauteed in a skillet.
English (Staffordshire and Derbyshire): metonymic occupational name from Middle English corduan cordewan 'leather from Cordova' a type of leather made from goatskin typically used in making shoes.
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