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Melting Epoisses on toast

Lightly buttered bread, a slurp of dry white wine, cured ham, sliced potato and a piece of Epoisse. A few minutes in the oven is enough to melt the cheese over the potatoes and crisp up the bread.

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2014

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For 4 toppeds toast, you will need:

1 4 slices bread
2 1 tablespoon butter
3 2 tablespoons dry white wine
4 200 g potatoes
5 2 tablespoons oil
6 4 slices smoked ham
7 100 g Époisses
Total weight: 695 grams

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19 min.	1 hour 7 min.	1 hour 26 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Cut 4 slices bread, but not too thick.

Butter the slices lightly and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons dry white wine.

Stage 2 - 40 min.

Boil 200 g potatoes and when cooked, peel and slice.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a frying pan on medium heat.

When the oil is really hot, fry the potato slices on both sides.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Use the same pan to fry 4 slices smoked ham for just a few seconds on each side.

Preheat the oven to 210°C (420°F).

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Distribute the ham over the slices of bread.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Arrange the sliced potatoes on top.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

And finish with the cheese.

Put in the oven for about 15 minutes.

Stage 8 - 15 min.

Take out of the oven as soon as the cheese has fully melted and is lightly browned on the top.

Serve immediately, with a good green salad if possible.

Remarks

You can replace the Espoisse with another kind of cheese. I prefer one that is both soft and well-flavoured (Saint Nectaire, Saint Marcellin, Mont d'Or...) but it's just as good with Comté or Cheddar.

And to drink?

Legend has it that Espoisse was Napoleon's favourite cheese, and he apparently liked to wash it down with a Gevrey-Chambertin. So, open a bottle of this and you'll dine like an emperor.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,266 Kcal or 5,300 Kj	55 gr	170 gr	105 gr
63 %	21 %	16 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
182 Kcal or 762 Kj	8 gr	24 gr	15 gr
9 %	3 %	2 %	2 %

Per topped toast
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
316 Kcal or 1,323 Kj	14 gr	42 gr	26 gr
16 %	5 %	4 %	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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 4 toppeds toast : 5.81 €
Per topped toast : 1.45 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to cook potato grenaille , Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Valay salad, Vegetable pie, Sarladaise potatoes, ... All
	Époisses: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Shallot confit tart, Crispy cheese parcels, Bourguignon potatoes , Celery soup bourguignonne style, ... All
	Smoked ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Madras rice, Dauphinoise potatoes with Serano ham, Bistro-style red endive salad, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Ham spirals, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baby spinach salad, Paimpol salad, Tournedos Rossini, Gratin slices with spinach, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, ... All

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