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Winemaker's toast

These oven-baked open sandwiches are topped with onions cooked in red wine, fried bacon and potatoes, finished with a thin layer of melted cheese.

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Last modified on: March 11^th 2012

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For 24 opens sandwiches, you will need:

1 750 g onion
2 60 g butter
3 750 g red wine
4 600 g belly (streaky) bacon
5 600 g cooked potatoes
6 24 slices bread
7 450 g cheese
Total weight: 4,410 grams

Change these quantities to make: 4 opens sandwiches 8 opens sandwiches 16 opens sandwiches 24 opens sandwiches

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
36 min.	44 min.	1 hour 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel, rinse and chop 750 g onion.

Melt 60 g butter in a medium-sized saucepan. then add the chopped onions, salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 750 g red wine into the pan and stir well.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Leave to cook uncovered on medium heat until the wine has evaporated.

Check seasoning and set aside.

Stage 4 - 7 min.

Cut 600 g belly (streaky) bacon into small pieces and pan fry lightly.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Slice 600 g cooked potatoes and fry on both sides in the same pan as you used for the bacon. Ideally, you should not add any more fat and just use what has come out of the bacon. If there isn't enough, use a little oil.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Cut 24 slices bread and arrange on a baking sheet.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Begin the assembly: divide the onions between the slices of bread.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Then the bacon.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Then the potatoes.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

Finish with thin slices of any cheese you like.

Stage 11 - 20 min.

Put in the oven for about 20 minutes, until the cheese has melted and turned golden brown.

Stage 12

Serve hot, ideally with a green salad.

Remarks

The cheese can be any you choose! A few excellent French options: Comté, Morbier, Saint-Nectaire...

And to drink?

The same red wine as you have used to cook the onions.

Keeping

A few minutes once cooked.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
9,661 Kcal or 40,449 Kj	1,879 gr	14,001 gr	776 gr
483 %	723 %	1321 %	118 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
219 Kcal or 917 Kj	43 gr	317 gr	18 gr
11 %	16 %	30 %	3 %

Per open sandwiches
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
403 Kcal or 1,687 Kj	78 gr	583 gr	32 gr
20 %	30 %	55 %	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: Milk, Sulfites, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 24 opens sandwiches : 14.75 €
Per open sandwiches : 0.61 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mulled wine Belle-Plagne style, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Marchand de vin sauce, Roscoff loaf, Tenderloin steaks marinated in red wine with rosemary, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Seven-hour lamb, Vegetable stock, Crab Cakes, Confit of carrots with bacon, Potimarron and celeriac autumn soup, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gratin of purple artichokes, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Potatoes with smoked salmon, Gratin Parmentier, Potato galette, ... All
	Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potted meat (rillettes), Rillons de Tours, Sausagemeat, Potato wallets, Chicken club sandwich, ... All

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