Cordon bleu (dish)

Cordon bleu
	A schnitzel cordon bleu, as served in Switzerland
Place of origin	France or Switzerland
Main ingredients	Veal or chicken breast, cheese, ham, honey mustard, bread crumbs
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A cordon bleu or schnitzel cordon bleu is a dish of meat wrapped around cheese (or with cheese filling), then breaded and pan-fried or deep-fried.

Veal or pork cordon bleu is made of veal or pork pounded thin and wrapped around a slice of ham and a slice of cheese, breaded, and then pan-fried or baked.^[1] For chicken cordon bleu, chicken breast is used instead of veal.^[2] Ham cordon bleu is ham stuffed with mushrooms and cheese.^[3]

^ Charles Anderson, Derek Blakemore -Modern food service – Page 51 1991 Cordon Bleu – Sliced ham and gruyere cheese in an escalope of veal
^ Food Fest 365!: The Officially Fun Food Holiday Cookbook – Page 82 Yvan Lemoine – 2010 "The first account of Chicken Cordon Bleu appeared as part of an advertisement for United Airlines in the New York Times
^ The Everything Almost Homemade Cookbook Linda Larsen – 2009 – Serve with a green salad and breadsticks. Ham Cordon Bleu Instead of chicken stuffed with ham and cheese, ham is stuffed with mushrooms and cheese in this twist on the classic.

[1] Charles Anderson, Derek Blakemore -Modern food service – Page 51 1991 Cordon Bleu – Sliced ham and gruyere cheese in an escalope of veal

[2] Food Fest 365!: The Officially Fun Food Holiday Cookbook – Page 82 Yvan Lemoine – 2010 "The first account of Chicken Cordon Bleu appeared as part of an advertisement for United Airlines in the New York Times

[3] The Everything Almost Homemade Cookbook Linda Larsen – 2009 – Serve with a green salad and breadsticks. Ham Cordon Bleu Instead of chicken stuffed with ham and cheese, ham is stuffed with mushrooms and cheese in this twist on the classic.

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