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Cooking: how are cordon bleus made?
Cordon bleu is a dish whose name also designates a certain talent behind the kitchen. However, it has lost its letters of nobility. How are cordon bleus made?
(France 2)
Cordon bleu is a dish whose name also designates a certain talent behind the kitchen. However, it has lost its letters of nobility. How are cordon bleus made?
How are cordon bleus, sometimes sold for less than three euros on supermarket shelves, made? What do they really contain? For many, the composition is a little unclear. Guillaume Verlet opened a store specializing in cordon bleu. In his recipe, you only need four ingredients: turkey, white ham, cheese and breadcrumbs. The cook shapes a sausage which he will roll in breading, then immerse it in frying. After cooking, the dish is far from its industrial version.
Cordon bleus without additives or preservatives
An industrialist has agreed to open its doors to France 2 teams. At Volailles de Licques, near Calais, we produce five tonnes of cordon bleu made from chicken every week. It is then chopped to be more malleable. After double cooking, this cordon bleu contains no additives or preservatives. A recipe that they had a lot of trouble developing.
