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Eggs Comtoise

In this recipe from eastern France, an egg yolk sits inside a potato nest with a topping of hot cancoillote cheese.

The nest is served with fried sliced potatoes.

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Last modified on: January 17^th 2016

Keywords for this recipe:Egg yolk Cancoillotte cheese Potatoes Franche-comté region

For 4 people, you will need:

1 700 g cooked potato
2 4 tablespoons olive oil
3 4 egg yolks
4 250 g cancoillotte
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 1,090 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare one potato per person: hollow out the centre using a pommes parisiennes spoon or a teaspoon to create the "nest". Trim off the ends if necessary to tidy the shape.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Slice the rest of the potatoes.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Pan-fry the potato slices on both sides in a little olive oil, then salt and set aside and keep hot.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Fry the potato nests until browned all over.

Heat 250 g cancoillotte in the microwave or in a bain-marie.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Heat the plates.

Stand a nest in the centre of each hot plate and surround with the fried potato slices.

Slip an egg yolk into each nest and salt lightly.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Fill up the nests with hot cancoillote and pour a little over the potatoes. Serve immediately.

Remarks

If you don't have any cancoillote, use any other cheese you like (but preferably a soft cheese) and melt it in a little cream.

You may be surprised to see that the egg yolk is not heated beforehand, but it will heat through when in contact with the hot potato and cheese.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,678 Kcal or 7,025 Kj	67 gr	136 gr	96 gr
84 %	26 %	13 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
154 Kcal or 645 Kj	6 gr	12 gr	9 gr
8 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
419 Kcal or 1,754 Kj	17 gr	34 gr	24 gr
21 %	6 %	3 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.74 €
Per person : 0.94 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked potato: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Baked salmon fillet, Erika's ceviche, Potatoes with smoked salmon, Polish-style beetroot salad, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, ... All
	Cancoillotte: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Arsène, Comtoise tart for Seàn, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, Creamy Comtoise artichoke gratin, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable tian, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Red rice pannequets, Tender tuna, Pesto, ... All
	Egg yolk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gâteau Basque , Béarnaise sauce, How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub), Smoked salmon sacristains, Breton sablé biscuit dough, ... All

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