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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.

105 K 4.8/5 (20 reviews)

1 hour 20 min. difficulté

Easy

4.95 €

8 opens sandwiches

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: March 11^th 2012

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For 8 opens sandwiches, you will need:

1 250 g onion
2 20 g butter
3 250 ml red wine
4 200 g belly (streaky) bacon
5 200 g cooked potatoes
6 8 slices bread
7 150 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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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 40 min.

Cooking: 45 min.

All in all: 1 hour 20 min.

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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 potatoes 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.

Keeping: A few minutes once cooked.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	630 RDI=240 %	4,670 RDI=440 %	260 RDI=40 %	3,220 RDI=160 %	13,480 RDI: 160 %
Per 100 g	40 RDI=20 %	320 RDI=30 %	20 RDI=3 %	220 RDI=10 %	920 RDI: 10 %
Per open sandwiches	80 RDI=30 %	580 RDI=60 %	30 RDI=5 %	400 RDI=20 %	1,690 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sulfites, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 8 opens sandwiches : 4.95 €
Per open sandwiches : 0.65 €

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