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Comtois surprise bread

In this recipe, a simple burger bun is hollowed out to hide a filling of fried potatoes and bacon in a pool of hot cancoillotte cheese.

It is usual to eat the filling first, then the bread, still piping hot, with the remaining cheese.

Children really love this!

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2020

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 200 g cooked potatoes
2 4 tablespoons oil
3 200 g small pieces of smoked bacon
4 8 Hamburger buns
5 300 g cancoillotte
Total weight: 1,400 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Cut 200 g cooked potatoes into small dice.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Pour 4 tablespoons oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, fry the diced potatoes until browned all over.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Use the same pan to fry 200 g small pieces of smoked bacon.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

When nicely browned, return the potatoes to the pan, mix together and turn off the heat.

Leave to wait in the pan.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Slice the tops off 8 Hamburger buns and use a fork to scoop out the interior crumb, which we will not be using this in this recipe.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Sit the buns and their "lids" on a baking sheet. Pop in the oven for 5 minutes, just to lightly colour the insides.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, pour 300 g cancoillotte into a small saucepan on low heat and heat through gently.

Stage 8 - 4 min.

Put a bun on each plate and fill with the potato and bacon mixture.

Stage 9 - 4 min.

Fill up with the hot cancoillotte.

Stage 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.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made, but recipe dedicated to my friend Sébastien who makes the best buns I know..

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,395 Kcal or 10,027 Kj	128 gr	310 gr	269 gr
120 %	49 %	29 %	41 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
171 Kcal or 716 Kj	9 gr	22 gr	19 gr
9 %	4 %	2 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
299 Kcal or 1,252 Kj	16 gr	39 gr	34 gr
15 %	6 %	4 %	5 %

% 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, Egg, Sesame

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 6.56 €
Per person : 0.82 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cancoillotte: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy Comtoise artichoke gratin, Comtoise tart for Seàn, Eggs Comtoise, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, ... All
	Small pieces of smoked bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed baguette , Spinach à la Lorraine, Veal Marengo, Montbenoit's canapés, Eggs meurette, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gratin Parmentier, Gratin du Nord, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, ... All
	Hamburger buns: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicano burger, Hamburgers, Tex-Mex chicken burger, Pan bagnat, ... All

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