Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets"

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 1 kg potatoes
• 2 6 slices ham
• 3 2 eggs
• 4 150 g breadcrumbs
• 5 1 Mont d'or cheese
• 6 salt
• 7 pepper
• Total weight: 2,050 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
55 min.	10 min.	40 min.	1 hour 45 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1:

  The potatoes: cooking

  Rinse 1 kg potatoes, preferably small ones.
• 2: Put into a large saucepan of cold water...
• 3: ...and boil in their skins until tender (a knife blade should go through easily).
• 4: Drain and leave to cool.
• 5: Cut each potato into 4 wedges.
• 6:

  The potatoes: breadcrumbs and "blankets"

  Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
  Cut 6 slices ham (or streaky bacon) into strips, if not already done, ideally about the same width as the potato wedges.
• 7: Beat 2 eggs with salt and pepper in a bowl or a high-sided container (less messy).
• 8: Prepare a baking sheet with a sheet of cooking parchment on top.
  Put 150 g breadcrumbs onto a plate and the beaten egg into a small dish, such as a ramekin.
  If you are right handed, arrange from the right: egg, breadcrumbs and baking sheet. If you are left-handed, the other way round.
• 9: Dip a potato wedge in beaten egg, then roll in breadcrumbs.
• 10: Wrap a strip of ham or bacon around it just once, then sit this on the baking sheet with the join underneath.
• 11: It is important to set up a "production line" in the right order: 1) beaten egg, 2) breadcrumbs, 3) ham, 4) baking sheet.
  Coat and wrap all the potato wedges like this, using more baking sheets if needed. Yes, I know, this is a lot of faff!
  Note: you'll no doubt start slowly, one wedege at a time, but you'll speed up as you go, managing several wedges at once.
  When you have prepared half the potato wedges, put the Mont d'Or in the oven.
• 12: Finish the rest of the ptotato wedges, then bake for 15-20 minutes until nicely browned.
• 13: Take the baking sheets out when cooked and stick a cocktail stick in each wedge.
• 14: Take the cheese out as soon as it is properly melted and place this in the centre of the table.
• 15: Let everyone grab their "spuds in blankets"...
• 16: ...and dip into the melted cheese. Enjoy!

Remarks

You can use whatever type of ham you prefer, but very thin slices, such as dry-cured ham or streaky bacon are easier.
If you have very small potatoes, no need to cut them; they can be left whole.

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