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Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets"

You may already have come across the Mont d'Or hot box recipe, where the cheese is baked in the oven then poured over potatoes. Here's a version with a twist: crispy ham-wrapped potato wedges to dip in the box of melted cheese.

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Last modified on: January 26^th 2020

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 kg potatoes
2 6 slices ham
3 2 Eggs
4 150 g breadcrumbs
5 1 Mont d'or cheese
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 2,050 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets"

The potatoes: cooking

Rinse 1 kg potatoes, preferably small ones.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Put into a large saucepan of cold water...

Stage 3 - 20 min.

...and boil in their skins until tender (a knife blade should go through easily).

Stage 4 - 10 min.

Drain and leave to cool.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Cut each potato into 4 wedges.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

The potatoes: breadcrumbs and "blankets"

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Cut 6 slices ham (or streaky bacon) into strips, if not already done, ideally about the same width as the potato wedges.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Beat 2 Eggs with salt and pepper in a bowl or a high-sided container (less messy).

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Prepare a baking sheet with a sheet of cooking parchment on top.

Put 150 g breadcrumbs onto a plate and the beaten egg into a small dish, such as a ramekin.

If you are right handed, arrange from the right: egg, breadcrumbs and baking sheet. If you are left-handed, the other way round.

Stage 9

Dip a potato wedge in beaten egg, then roll in breadcrumbs.

Stage 10

Wrap a strip of ham or bacon around it just once, then sit this on the baking sheet with the join underneath.

Stage 11 - 30 min.

It is important to set up a "production line" in the right order: 1) beaten egg, 2) breadcrumbs, 3) ham, 4) baking sheet.

Coat and wrap all the potato wedges like this, using more baking sheets if needed. Yes, I know, this is a lot of faff!

Note: you'll no doubt start slowly, one wedege at a time, but you'll speed up as you go, managing several wedges at once.

When you have prepared half the potato wedges, put the Mont d'Or in the oven.

Stage 12 - 20 min.

Finish the rest of the ptotato wedges, then bake for 15-20 minutes until nicely browned.

Stage 13 - 3 min.

Take the baking sheets out when cooked and stick a cocktail stick in each wedge.

Stage 14 - 3 min.

Take the cheese out as soon as it is properly melted and place this in the centre of the table.

Stage 15

Let everyone grab their "spuds in blankets"...

Stage 16

...and dip into the melted cheese. Enjoy!

Remarks

You can use whatever type of ham you prefer, but very thin slices, such as dry-cured ham or streaky bacon are easier.

If you have very small potatoes, no need to cut them; they can be left whole.

And to drink?

As always with produce from the Comté region, the best wines – the ideal match, some would say – are the local wines. So I recommend either a dry white: an Arbois Savagnin, or a light red, such as an Arbois Trousseau.

Keeping

Serve straight from the oven.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,736 Kcal or 15,642 Kj	205 gr	289 gr	196 gr
187 %	79 %	27 %	30 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
182 Kcal or 762 Kj	10 gr	14 gr	10 gr
9 %	4 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
934 Kcal or 3,910 Kj	51 gr	72 gr	49 gr
47 %	20 %	7 %	7 %

% 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: Egg, Gluten, leaven, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 9.35 £
Per person : 2.34 £

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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: Potato wallets, Taos hotpot, Gratin "grilled inside", "Day After Pork Belly" Soup, Roast potatoes "à la provençale", ... All
	Breadcrumbs: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tomatoes Provençal, Curried tuna cubes, Sesame fried scampi, Wiener Schnitzel, Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur potatoes, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Two-cheese quiche, Involtinis, Ham pasta bake, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Arizona cupcakes, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Plain cake, Pistachio tiramisu, ... All

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