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Melting Epoisses on toast

Lightly buttered bread, a slurp of dry white wine, cured ham, sliced potato and a piece of Epoisse. A few minutes in the oven is enough to melt the cheese over the potatoes and crisp up the bread.

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2014

For 8 toppeds toast, you will need:

0 8 slices bread
1 2 tablespoons butter
2 4 tablespoons dry white wine
3 400 g potatoes
4 4 tablespoons oil
5 8 slices smoked ham
6 200 g Époisses
Total weight: 1,391 grams

Change these quantities to make: 2 toppeds toast 4 toppeds toast 8 toppeds toast 12 toppeds toast

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
19 min.	1 hour 7 min.	1 hour 26 min.

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Keeping:

Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #1

Cut 8 slices bread, but not too thick.

Butter the slices lightly and sprinkle with 4 tablespoons dry white wine.

Stage 2 - 40 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #2

Boil 400 g potatoes and when cooked, peel and slice.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #3

Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a frying pan on medium heat.

When the oil is really hot, fry the potato slices on both sides.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #4

Use the same pan to fry 8 slices smoked ham for just a few seconds on each side.

Preheat the oven to 210°C (420°F).

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #5

Distribute the ham over the slices of bread.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #6

Arrange the sliced potatoes on top.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #7

And finish with the cheese.

Put in the oven for about 15 minutes.

Stage 8 - 15 min.

Melting Epoisses on toast : Photo of step #8

Take out of the oven as soon as the cheese has fully melted and is lightly browned on the top.

Serve immediately, with a good green salad if possible.

Remarks

You can replace the Espoisse with another kind of cheese. I prefer one that is both soft and well-flavoured (Saint Nectaire, Saint Marcellin, Mont d'Or...) but it's just as good with Comté or Cheddar.

And to drink?

Legend has it that Espoisse was Napoleon's favourite cheese, and he apparently liked to wash it down with a Gevrey-Chambertin. So, open a bottle of this and you'll dine like an emperor.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,532 Kcal or 10,601 Kj	109 gr	339 gr	210 gr
127 %	42 %	32 %	32 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
182 Kcal or 762 Kj	8 gr	24 gr	15 gr
9 %	3 %	2 %	2 %

Per topped toast
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
316 Kcal or 1,323 Kj	14 gr	42 gr	26 gr
16 %	5 %	4 %	4 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 8 toppeds toast : 11.62 €
Per topped toast : 1.45 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fisherman's Ragout, Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets", Boulangère potatoes, Sorrel soup, Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette), ... All
	Époisses: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Shallot confit tart, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Crispy cheese parcels, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: White asparagus salad, Caesar salad, Home-made breadcrumb coating, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, French toast "cordon bleu", ... All
	Smoked ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: "Buttonhole" quail eggs, Surprise bread, Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette), Gougères, ... All

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