Chicken Cordon Bleu

I made chicken cordon bleu last night for the first time. Turned out pretty dang good. I know this one does not need much explanation, but thought I would share a trick.

Since rolling them is sometimes pretty tricky (and messy), not to mention I don't have a meat pounder, I instead sliced the chicken breast in the middle to make a little pocket, then rolled up a slice of ham and swiss cheese, and stuck it in the pocket. They turned out perfect.

ingredients:

chicken

swiss cheese

butter

bread crumbs

after stuffing chicken breast, roll it in melted butter and then roll in bread crumbs. bake at 350 for about 40 minutes.

I would love to hear any other variations/ideas for cordon bleu.

Aebleskivers

Is your mouth watering? I know mine is looking at this.

I must warn you, to make these, you will need this:

But believe me, it is well worth it. Mine comes from Williams Sonoma, but I am sure they are sold in other places as well.

I grew up having aebleskivers, so I was so thrilled to get this pan for Mother's Day. And so, I made some for Matt for breakfast for Father's day. And I tried something I have never tried before with aebleskivers...filling them with Nutella and jam(we always just served with strawberry jam on the side). Let's just say these were also my lunch when I got home from church.

I know there are many variations to an aebleskiver recipe (and a recipe came with the pan), but I decided to use the one I grew up on, which was my Grandmother's. This makes 4 batches.

ingredients:

1 1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs - separated

2 cups buttermilk

mix dry ingredients. Add egg yolks and buttermilk and combine. Beat egg whites until white and fluffy. fold egg whites into batter. Put batter into something you can pour (I used a measuring cup). Spray pan or add butter. If adding filling, fill half full with batter, then scoop in filling of choice (I used Nutella - which was DELICIOUS! - and strawberry jam). Top with batter. Let cook a few minutes over a medium heat, then flip (I use a wooden skewer). And cook a few minutes on the other side. You will want to poke them to make sure it is cooked in the center.

Sprinkle with powder sugar and I serve with more strawberry jam on the side. But my kids and husband ate with syrup.