Comtois surprise bread

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 100 g cooked potatoes
• 2 2 tablespoons oil
• 3 100 g small pieces of smoked bacon
• 4 4 Hamburgers buns
• 5 150 g cancoillotte
• Total weight: 700 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	25 min.	40 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
  Cut 100 g cooked potatoes into small dice.
• 2: Pour 2 tablespoons oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, fry the diced potatoes until browned all over.
  Set aside.
• 3: Use the same pan to fry 100 g small pieces of smoked bacon.
• 4: When nicely browned, return the potatoes to the pan, mix together and turn off the heat.
  Leave to wait in the pan.
• 5: Slice the tops off 4 Hamburgers buns and use a fork to scoop out the interior crumb, which we will not be using this in this recipe.
• 6: Sit the buns and their "lids" on a baking sheet. Pop in the oven for 5 minutes, just to lightly colour the insides.
• 7: Meanwhile, pour 150 g cancoillotte into a small saucepan on low heat and heat through gently.
• 8: Put a bun on each plate and fill with the potato and bacon mixture.
• 9: Fill up with the hot cancoillotte.
• 10: Serve without delay, either as "surprise" bread with the lid on, or with the lid off at a jaunty angle, like in the photo.

Remarks

The inside of the burger buns removed in Step 5 isn't used in the recipe, but you can use it up in other ways, such as home-made breadcrumb coating.
For a more golden-brown finish to the buns, use a brush to coat the insides with clarified butter before they go in the oven.
Want to go the full Comtois? Use fried diced Morteau sausage instead of the bacon.

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