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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 4 people, you will need:

1 0 kg 3 g cooked potatoes
2 2 tablespoons oil
3 0 kg 3 g small pieces of smoked bacon
4 4 Hamburger buns
5 0 kg 5 g cancoillotte

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Cut 0 kg 3 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 0 kg 3 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 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 0 kg 5 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
2,109 Kcal or 8,830 Kj	317 gr	1,275 gr	467 gr
105 %	122 %	120 %	71 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
301 Kcal or 1,260 Kj	45 gr	182 gr	67 gr
15 %	17 %	17 %	10 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
527 Kcal or 2,206 Kj	79 gr	319 gr	117 gr
26 %	30 %	30 %	18 %

% 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 4 people : 3.28 €
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: Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, Mashed potatoes with cancoillotte cheese, Risotto-style celeriac, Eggs Comtoise, Eggs Arsène, ... All
	Small pieces of smoked bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet "à la normande", Salad paysanne, Comtoise endive salad, Spinach à la Lorraine, Endives "bonne femme", ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato galette, Erika's ceviche, The strange gratin, Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise, Oven omelette, ... All
	Hamburger buns: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicano burger, Pan bagnat, Hamburgers, Tex-Mex chicken burger, ... All

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