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Comtois surprise bread

Name: Comtois surprise bread
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 g cooked potatoes; 2 tablespoons oil; 100 g small pieces of smoked bacon; 4 hamburgers buns; 150 g cancoillotte

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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Duration

40 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 1^st 2026

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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 for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Cooking

25 min.

All in all

40 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Cooking 25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Cut 100 g cooked potatoes into small dice.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

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.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Use the same pan to fry 100 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 4 hamburgers 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 150 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..

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	45 g RDI=70 %	182 g RDI=69 %	66 g RDI=91 %	299 kcal RDI=15 %	1,253 kJ RDI=15 %
Per person	79 g RDI=122 %	318 g RDI=120 %	116 g RDI=159 %	521 kcal RDI=26 %	2,184 kJ RDI=26 %
Whole recipe	316 g RDI=487 %	1,274 g RDI=481 %	464 g RDI=637 %	2,087 kcal RDI=104 %	8,738 kJ RDI=104 %