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H – Have a little Normandy * recipe *

There are 3 good special cheese shops in Oslo and 2 of them are not so far from my office. I love going there and see all kinds of cheese and chat with the professional cheese specialists. Their knowledge of cheese is so amazing and every time I go there I learn something new. Often I buy this Camembert cheese from France, of course from its original place, Normandy.

A nice wooden box softly carries the wonderful cheese. When I open it, it smells wonderful. And it takes me away to Normandy.

I wanted to use this wonderful cheese in my bento and decided to use it with chicken, and here I would like to share the recipe with you!

For 1 bento

1 chicken breast fillet , boneless

100g Camembert cheese

100g Sour cream

2 table spoons of chive, minced

salt and pepper

Olive oil

Oven, preheat 225C

1 - If your chicken is unevenly thick, make a flat and thin piece of chicken by cutting down the thickest part and opening up (butterfly-cut). Then make shallow cuts. Do not cut through and make holes, just make some slits so that cheese will stay on the meat. Put salt and pepper.

2 - Heat a frypan, add some olive oil. Sautee chicken fillet until golden brown and half-cooked. You do not need to cook it through as it goes into the oven with the cheese sauce.

3 - Put Camembert cheese in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds at 600W. Mix with sour cream and chives.

4 - Place the chicken on an oven tray, spread the cheese sauce over the chicken and bake it in the oven (225C) for 10-15 minutes.

Voila! Cut into slices and pack it in your bento box. I made a pasta bento with this chicken the other day, it was very tasty! I hope you try this too!

Have a little Normandy in your lunch. Bon appetite!

Rie

Rie - Bento specialist, Oslo, Norway

Hello, I love to cook and bake and I enjoy making bento everyday. I was one of the finalists at Bento&co’s contest in 2011 and later I joined Bento&co as Bento Specialist. I am living in Norway now but I am originally from Ishikawa in Japan where many of Bento&co’s bento boxes are made. I try to make bentos that are as beautiful as they are delicious, and I like to show you how to add more sparkles in your bento life! - Rie