Name: Chicken Cordon Bleu
Ingredients: 4 Boneless chicken breasts; 4 Swiss cheese slices, thin; 1/2 ts Salt; 1/4 ts Allspice; 1/2 c Cracker crumbs, crushed; 2 tb Water; 4 Ham slices, thin; 2 tb Flour; 1/4 ts Pepper; 1 Egg, slightly beaten; 3 tb Shortening

If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

C.S. Lewis

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy, Eggs	Swiss	Breasts, Main dish, Meats, Poultry	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Boneless chicken breasts
4		Swiss cheese slices, thin
1/2	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Allspice
1/2	c	Cracker crumbs, crushed
2	tb	Water
4		Ham slices, thin
2	tb	Flour
1/4	ts	Pepper
1		Egg, slightly beaten
3	tb	Shortening

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash and dry chicken breast, slit one side open to form a pocket for the
ham and cheese. Place one slice of ham and one of the cheese into the
pocket. Secure with wooden toothpicks. Mix salt, pepper, flour and
allspice. Coat chicken with the mixture. Dip breasts into the beaten egg,
and then into the cracker crumbs. Melt shortening in a large skillet (cast
iron best) and brown the breasts. Reduce heat and add water, cover and cook
until done, about 45 minutes. Remove the cover during the last 2 or 3
minutes to crisp the meat.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 375 by P&S Gruenwald
<[email protected]> on Dec 16, 1997

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