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Franche-Comté sticks

Thin baguettes made with Morteau sausage and cancoillotte cheese. The cancoillotte is added in the form of crumbled metton curds (normally melted in milk to make the creamy cancoillotte). Sliced thinly, these sticks make an ideal aperitif snack for sharing with friends.

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Last modified on: October 24^th 2017

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For 8 Frenchs sticks, you will need:

1 200 g Morteau sausage
2 500 g flour
3 250 g water
4 250 g leaven
5 9 g salt
6 4 g yeast
7 200 g metton cancoillotte
Total weight: 1,413 grams

Change these quantities to make: 4 Frenchs sticks 8 Frenchs sticks 16 Frenchs sticks 24 Frenchs sticks

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
32 min.	4 hours	55 min.	5 hours 27 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 40 min.

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Boil the Morteau sausage using as little water as possible. For once, prick with a fork or knife point to add flavour to the cooking water.

Leave to cook then remove the sausage and save 250 g water for making the bread dough.

Stage 2

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In bread-making, the water temperature is always important. It's not a fixed value, but related to 3 other temperatures: 1) the temperature of your flour, 2) the room temperature in your kitchen, and 3) the basic temperature of this recipe, which is 58-64°C.

You can calculate the temperature of the water for this recipe in one click, using this small calculator.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

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Put into a food processor bowl: 500 g flour, 250 g water at the correct temperature, 250 g leaven,9 g salt and 4 g yeast.

Knead on the slowest speed for 10 minutes, then on the next speed for 3 minutes.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

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Cut 200 g Morteau sausage into small dice.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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Add the diced sausage and 200 g metton cancoillotte to the dough mixture.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

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Knead for a few more minutes until well mixed.

Stage 7 - 2 hours

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Gather the dough into a ball, put into a clean bowl and cover with a sheet of plastic. Leave to rest for 2 hours.

Stage 8 - 30 min.

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After this time, cut the dough into 8 pieces of the same weight and roll these into balls.

Cover these with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for 30 minutes.

Stage 9 - 1 hour 30 min.

Then shape the balls into sticks ('ficelles' in French), as shown in this video.

As you finish them, lay them on a baking sheet. Cover with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

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Preheat the oven to 240°C (460°F).

'Slash' the tops of the sticks...

Stage 11 - 15 min.

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...and bake for around 15 minutes.

Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..

Stage 12

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Serve in slices.

Remarks

It is not essential to use the water from cooking the sausage to make the bread dough, but it adds flavour.

If you don't have Morteau sausage, you can use another smoked sausage. If you cannot get cancoillotte metton, you can use grated cheese.

And to drink?

A dry white wine, such as a Jura, Savigin or Chardonnay, or a light red, such as a Poulsard.

Keeping

A few days in a cloth bag.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,710 Kcal or 11,346 Kj	114 gr	466 gr	79 gr
136 %	44 %	44 %	12 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
192 Kcal or 804 Kj	8 gr	33 gr	6 gr
10 %	3 %	3 %	1 %

Per French sticks
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
339 Kcal or 1,419 Kj	14 gr	58 gr	10 gr
17 %	5 %	5 %	1 %

% 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

How much will it cost?

For 8 Frenchs sticks : 3.98 €
Per French sticks : 0.50 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Breton sablé biscuit dough, Milk rolls, Jam doughnuts, Cheese tart, Plain cake, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to heat milk without it catching on the bottom of the pan, Italian hot chocolate , French baguettes, Italian Meringue, Eggs meurette, ... All
	Leaven: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Panettone, Jura bread, Mouna, Bacon rolls, Saucipain, ... All
	Metton cancoillotte: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Morteau sausage rolled brioche, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, ... All

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