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Bisto-style canapés

This recipe captures the hearty and slightly raffish style of French bistro cuisine: fried rounds of baguette with egg, fried ham and a topping of melted cheese.

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Last modified on: March 17^th 2021

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For 10 pieces, you will need:

1 1 slice cured ham
2 ¼ baguette
3 2 tablespoons olive oil
4 2 eggs
5 1 tablespoon liquid cream
6 10.32 ml butter
7 50 ml cheese
8 salt
9 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 min.

Fry 1 slice cured ham on both sides in a frying pan with no added fat.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

The bread

Slice ¼ baguette into fairly thin rounds (about 1/4 inch or 1/2 cm).

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Brush both sides of each slice with oil.

Using the same pan as for the ham on high heat, fry the bread on both sides.

Stage 4

Do this in batches if necessary, transferring the cooked slices onto a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

The eggs

In a bowl, beat together 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon liquid cream, salt and pepper.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Still using the same frying pan, but now on medium heat, pour in 10.32 ml butter. When good and hot, add the beaten eggs.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Turn down the heat and gently pull the eggs from the edge in towards the centre so that they cook evenly.

Stop as soon as they begin to set; do not overcook.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Assemble the canapés

Put a piece of fried ham on each slice of bread.

Stage 9

Add a little of the egg.

Stage 10

Top with a slice of cheese.

Stage 11 - 10 min.

Cooking

Pop in the oven for 10 minutes, just until the cheese is melted.

Serve either hot or warm.

Remarks

For the cheese, use whatever you like: sliced if soft-paste, grated if hard.

If you prefer butter to oil, you can butter the bread slices in stage 3.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
847 Kcal or 3,546 Kj	35 gr	41 gr	79 gr
42 %	13 %	4 %	12 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
275 Kcal or 1,151 Kj	11 gr	13 gr	26 gr
14 %	4 %	1 %	4 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
85 Kcal or 356 Kj	4 gr	4 gr	8 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

% 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, Egg, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 10 pieces : 1.56 €
Per piece : 0.16 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur complet, Hamburgers, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond tuiles, Apple Tatin Terrine, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, Butter cream, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spring veal sauté , Fish "à la Bordelaise", Tomato and cream cheese terrine, Prawn salad with a crunch, Moussaka, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salad greens and small omelette, Quiche filling mixture, Fried eggs with tomatoes, Elsa's Comtoise galette, Little lemon biscuits, ... All

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