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Winemaker's toast

These oven-baked open sandwiches are topped with onions cooked in red wine, fried bacon and potatoes, finished with a thin layer of melted cheese.

76,6624.8/5 for 20 ratings

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Last modified on: March 11^th 2012

For 8 opens sandwiches, you will need:

0 250 g onion
1 20 g butter
2 250 ml red wine
3 200 g belly (streaky) bacon
4 200 g cooked potato
5 8 slices bread
6 150 g cheese
Total weight: 1,470 grams

Change these quantities to make: 4 opens sandwiches 8 opens sandwiches 16 opens sandwiches 24 opens sandwiches

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
36 min.	44 min.	1 hour 20 min.

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Keeping:

A few minutes once cooked.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel, rinse and chop 250 g onion.

Melt 20 g butter in a medium-sized saucepan. then add the chopped onions, salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 250 ml red wine into the pan and stir well.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Leave to cook uncovered on medium heat until the wine has evaporated.

Check seasoning and set aside.

Stage 4 - 7 min.

Cut 200 g belly (streaky) bacon into small pieces and pan fry lightly.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Slice 200 g cooked potato and fry on both sides in the same pan as you used for the bacon. Ideally, you should not add any more fat and just use what has come out of the bacon. If there isn't enough, use a little oil.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Cut 8 slices bread and arrange on a baking sheet.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Begin the assembly: divide the onions between the slices of bread.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Then the bacon.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Then the potatoes.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

Finish with thin slices of any cheese you like.

Stage 11 - 20 min.

Put in the oven for about 20 minutes, until the cheese has melted and turned golden brown.

Stage 12

Serve hot, ideally with a green salad.

Remarks

The cheese can be any you choose! A few excellent French options: Comté, Morbier, Saint-Nectaire...

And to drink?

The same red wine as you have used to cook the onions.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,352 Kcal or 9,847 Kj	90 gr	331 gr	179 gr
118 %	35 %	31 %	27 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
160 Kcal or 670 Kj	6 gr	23 gr	12 gr
8 %	2 %	2 %	2 %

Per open sandwiches
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
294 Kcal or 1,231 Kj	11 gr	41 gr	22 gr
15 %	4 %	4 %	3 %

% 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 8 opens sandwiches : 4.92 €
Per open sandwiches : 0.62 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

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	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mushroom bourguignon, Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Mulled wine Belle-Plagne style, Roscoff loaf, Upside-down Parmentier, ... All
	Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", Potted meat (rillettes), Cured Pork Belly With Lentils, Sunday night pasta, Fried egg in bread, ... All
	Cooked potato: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur gourmand, Potatoes with smoked salmon, Tartiflette, Comtois surprise bread, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, ... All

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