Hot box cheese
This recipe is a great classic from Franche-Comté (area of eastern France). A Mont-dor cheese (from this area) is oven cooked in its wooden box with a little dry white wine, and served melted over baked potatoes. It's a dish for a winter evening meal with friends, very easy to prepare, everything goes on the table around which you are sitting.
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Last modified on: February 11th 2016
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
1 Mont d'Or cheese - 2
1 kg potatoes - 3
1 glass dry white wine - Total weight: 1,600 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: To eat right now.
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 8 min. | 50 min. | 58 min. |
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- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 20 min.
Preheat your oven at 360°F (180°C).
Wash carefully potatoes with a brush or scratch sponge, if possible don't peel them, and put in the oven 20 minutes before cheese.
Wash carefully potatoes with a brush or scratch sponge, if possible don't peel them, and put in the oven 20 minutes before cheese.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Open cheese and lay box in its lid.
With a teaspoon make a small hole in the center.
As the chef you are alone allowed to taste the cheese now!
With a teaspoon make a small hole in the center.
As the chef you are alone allowed to taste the cheese now!
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Surround wood box with aluminum foil just in case, and fill the hole with dry white wine.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Lay cheese on a tray and put in the oven too.
Stage 5 - 30 min.
Let cheese about 30 minutes until it melt completely...
Stage 6
...and top is well brown and crusty (for that don't hesitate to switch on your oven grill for a few minutes at the end).
Stage 7
Put cheese and potatoes in the middle of the table, everyone take itself in potatoes, cut in pieces and add melted cheese.
Remarks
If you can't get Mont d'or in your area try other cheeses, if possible soft paste with a wooden box.
You can serve this with cooked meats, and a green salad with French dressing.
You can serve this with cooked meats, and a green salad with French dressing.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 8.20 €
- Per person : 2.05 €
And to drink?: A good white wine if possible from the same Area, a Jura's wine of course or one of those delicious White wine from Savoie. If you don't like white wine, try a not too strong red, something like a Beaujolais.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Alsatian-style salad, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Minestrone, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Cervelas salad, ... All |
| Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushrooms on toast, French style, Fish in white wine, Fish "à la Bordelaise", Seven-hour lamb, Potatoes with prawns, ... All |
| Mont d'Or cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables, Quick courgette soup with cheese, Dipping bread with cheese, Morel risotto with Vin Jaune and Mont d'Or, ... All |
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