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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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1 hour 45 min. difficulté

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11.10 €

2 people

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: January 26^th 2020

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 2 cups + 2 tablespoons potatoes
2 3 slices ham
3 1 egg
4 ¹⁄₃ cup breadcrumbs
5 ½ Mont d'or cheese
6 salt
7 pepper

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 55 min.

Resting: 10 min.

Cooking: 40 min.

All in all: 1 hour 45 min.

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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 2 cups + 2 tablespoons 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 3 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 1 egg 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 ¹⁄₃ cup 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	100 RDI=40 %	140 RDI=10 %	100 RDI=20 %	1,870 RDI=90 %	7,820 RDI: 90 %
Per 100 g	9 RDI=4 %	10 RDI=1 %	9 RDI=1 %	180 RDI=9 %	760 RDI: 9 %
Per person	50 RDI=20 %	70 RDI=7 %	50 RDI=7 %	930 RDI=50 %	3,910 RDI: 50 %

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: egg, Gluten, leaven, Milk

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