Fish Cordon Bleu Spring Rolls

Cordon blue usually employs chicken with fillings of cheese and ham. Spring rolls or ‘lumpia’ is a popular dish which you almost always find in festivities in the Philippines. Sometimes you also find them as part of the ordinary Filipino fare. I have created a recipe which combines the technique making spring rolls with the delicious taste of fish which is accentuated by ham and cheese. Another recipe that has cheese which is one of my favourite food item.

Ingredients:

1 kg Fish fillets (cut into 1 cm width and 7 cm length)

¼ kg Cooked ham (cut into strips almost similar in size as the fish fillets)

Quick melt cheese Cut into strips almost similar in size as the fish fillets)

½ tsp. Black pepper powder

100 pcs. Lumpia wrapper

4 cups Safflower oil (for frying the spring rolls)

Cooking Instruction:

Sprinkle the black pepper powder on the fish fillets and toss to mix well. Wrap in each lumpia wrapper the following in layers. First layer is ham, then cheese in the center and then fish on the top. Seal the spring roll with water and deep fry until the wrapper is golden brown. Place cooked lumpia on paper towels to remove excess fat. Enjoy with ketchup or with sour cream with garlic dip which is prepared as follows:

Sour Cream with Garlic and Herb Dip

Ingredients:

1 cup Sour cream

½ tsp. Garlic powder

½ tsp. Onion powder

1/8 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper

1 tsp. Dried chopped basil

½ tsp. Dried chopped marjoram

¼ tsp. Iodized salt

Preparation of the Dip:

In a suitable bowl, fold in all of the ingredients and serve cold as dip for a variety of dishes like for the spring roll recipe on top. You may also enjoy this dip with fried fish fillets, or with various fried meats like chicken or pork chops.