Bleu

Bleu cheese is a cheese that has been flavored with a bacteria that gives it a characteristic blue color. The blue mold is introduced either intentionally, by adding the mold to the milk or cream used to make the cheese, or unintentionally, by allowing air to enter the cheese as it ages. The blue mold, Penicillium roqueforti, is the same mold used to flavor Roquefort cheese.

The earliest known reference to bleu cheese is in the writings of the Greek physician Galen, who lived in the second century A.D. In his treatise on food and diet, Galen mentions a cheese that has been flavored with the juice of a certain herb. It is not known for certain whether this cheese was bleu cheese, but it is thought that it may have been.

The first definite mention of bleu cheese is in a charter of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, in the Auvergne region of France, dated 1172. In this charter, the abbey granted a parcel of land to a man named Arnaldus for the purpose of making a cheese known as bleu de Gourdans. Arnaldus is thought to be

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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • salt
  • olive oil
  • panko bread crumb
  • garlic
  • gruyère cheese
  • all purpose flour
  • butter
  • egg
  • chicken breast
  • thyme
  • prosciutto di parma
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • salt
  • panko bread crumb
  • olive oil
  • all purpose flour
  • swiss cheese
  • thyme
  • water
  • egg
  • double chicken breast
  • deli ham
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Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

  • salt
  • chicken broth
  • monterey jack cheese
  • swiss cheese
  • panko breadcrumb
  • cayenne pepper
  • all purpose flour
  • milk
  • ham
  • dijon mustard
  • chicken breast
  • butter
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Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • egg
  • butter
  • all purpose flour
  • milk
  • dijon mustard
  • all purpose flour
  • chicken breast
  • mayonnaise
  • parmesan cheese
  • swiss cheese
  • ham
  • oil spray
  • panko breadcrumb
  • salt
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • whipping cream
  • cornstarch
  • chicken bouillon
  • paprika
  • white wine
  • all purpose flour
  • butter
  • chicken breast
  • ham
  • swiss cheese
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • all purpose flour
  • bread crumb
  • egg
  • butter
  • chicken breast
  • smoked ham
  • lorraine swiss cheese
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Classic Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • heavy cream
  • panko breadcrumb
  • butter
  • chicken bouillon
  • dijon mustard
  • black pepper
  • thyme
  • garlic
  • garlic powder
  • salt
  • water
  • parmesan cheese
  • all purpose flour
  • chicken breast
  • mayonnaise
  • cream cheese
  • swiss cheese
  • butter
  • ham
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • mayonnaise
  • yellow mustard
  • corn flakes cereal
  • chicken breast
  • butter
  • swiss cheese
  • ham
  • salt
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Cordon bleu

  • groviera
  • olio di
  • pangrattato
  • petto di pollo intero
  • prosciutto cotto
  • sale fino
  • uovum
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • salt
  • egg
  • all purpose flour
  • parsley
  • oil
  • bread crumb
  • chicken breast
  • swiss cheese
  • ham
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Turkey Cordon Bleu

  • egg
  • thyme
  • salt
  • heavy cream
  • bread crumb
  • all purpose flour
  • turkey tenderloin
  • dijon mustard
  • butter
  • parmesan cheese
  • havarti cheese
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • oil
  • rice flour
  • clarified butter
  • cajun seasoning
  • black pepper
  • garlic powder
  • paprika
  • salt
  • chicken breast
  • cayenne pepper
  • ham
  • egg
  • hot sauce
  • lemon juice
  • salt
  • paprika
  • white pepper
  • bread crumb
  • wheat flour
  • all purpose flour
  • egg yolk
  • gruyère cheese
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • oil
  • rice flour
  • clarified butter
  • cajun seasoning
  • black pepper
  • garlic powder
  • paprika
  • salt
  • chicken breast
  • cayenne pepper
  • ham
  • egg
  • hot sauce
  • lemon juice
  • salt
  • paprika
  • white pepper
  • bread crumb
  • wheat flour
  • all purpose flour
  • egg yolk
  • gruyère cheese
  • breading
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Chicken Cordon Bleu with Asparagus

  • all purpose flour
  • panko breadcrumb
  • egg
  • chicken breast
  • deli ham
  • gruyère cheese
  • asparagus
  • tarragon sauce
  • tarragon
  • oil spray
  • salt
  • tarragon
  • toothpick
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • chicken stock
  • panko bread crumb
  • thyme
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • egg
  • black pepper
  • onion powder
  • dijon mustard
  • all purpose flour
  • cream
  • block cheese
  • cornstarch
  • water
  • chicken cutlets un crumbed schnitzel
  • ham
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Chicken Cordon Bleu

  • milk
  • panko breadcrumb
  • dijon mustard
  • onion
  • worcestershire sauce
  • lemon
  • butter
  • all purpose flour
  • parmesan cheese
  • italian seasoning
  • parsley
  • butter
  • garlic
  • chicken breast
  • swiss cheese
  • ham
  • olive oil
  • parmesan cheese
  • salt
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Beef au Bleu

  • salt
  • olive oil
  • endive
  • sirloin steak
  • cream
  • red wine
  • butter
  • red wine vinegar
  • sugar
  • orange
  • endive
  • blue cheese
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Zurich Cordon Bleu

  • salt
  • lemon
  • bread crumb
  • all purpose flour
  • canola oil
  • egg
  • pork cutlet
  • deli ham
  • emmentaler cheese
  • butter

Ingredient Breakdown

 
salt
all purpose flour
butter
chicken breast
ham
egg
swiss cheese
dijon mustard
olive oil
bread crumb
milk
black pepper
panko bread crumb
thyme
panko breadcrumb
parmesan cheese
paprika
gruyère cheese
water
garlic powder
oil
garlic
deli ham
cayenne pepper
mayonnaise
mustard
black forest ham
cornstarch
lemon
chicken
monterey jack cheese
oil spray
chicken bouillon
heavy cream
parsley
rice flour
clarified butter
cajun seasoning
hot sauce
lemon juice
white pepper
wheat flour
egg yolk
baguette
watercress
chicken cutlet
smoked mozzarella
chicken soup cream
tarragon
cream
endive
prosciutto di parma
double chicken breast
chicken broth
mascarpone cheese
emmentaler
whipping cream
white wine
smoked ham
lorraine swiss cheese
cream cheese
yellow mustard
corn flakes cereal
groviera
olio di
pangrattato
petto di pollo intero
prosciutto cotto
sale fino
uovum
turkey tenderloin
havarti cheese
brown sugar
apple cider vinegar
vegetable oil
buttermilk
onion bun
black forest deli ham
basil
fontina cheese
prosciutto
red pepper flake
breading
asparagus
tarragon sauce
toothpick
rice bran
plank swiss
chicken stuffing
sharp
pasta
chicken stock
onion powder
block cheese
chicken cutlets un crumbed schnitzel
onion
worcestershire sauce
italian seasoning
egg noodle
sour cream
chicken soup condensed cream
sirloin steak
red wine
red wine vinegar
sugar
orange
blue cheese
canola oil
pork cutlet
emmentaler cheese

Insights

Correlated with Higher Ratings

  • egg

Staple Ingredients

  • salt 37%
  • all purpose flour 35%
  • chicken breast 35%

Common Ingredients

  • egg 30%
  • ham 28%
  • butter 23%
  • swiss cheese 23%

Usual Ingredients

  • bread crumb 14%
  • dijon mustard 14%
  • olive oil 14%

Rarey Ingredients

  • black pepper 12%
  • panko bread crumb 12%
  • thyme 12%