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Winemaker's toast

Name: Winemaker's toast
Prep time: 36 min
Cook time: 44 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8 opens sandwiches
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g onion; 20 g butter; 250 ml red wine; 200 g belly (streaky) bacon; 200 g cooked potatoes; 8 slices bread; 150 g cheese

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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Duration

1 hour 25 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 27^th 2026

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For 8 opens sandwiches, you will need:

1 250 g onion
2 20 g butter
3 250 ml red wine
4 200 g belly (streaky) bacon
5 200 g cooked potatoes
6 8 slices bread
7 150 g cheese
Total weight: 1,470 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

40 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 25 min.

Preparation 40 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Peel, rinse and chop 250 g onion.

Melt 20 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.

Step 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour 250 ml red wine into the pan and stir well.

Step 3 - ⌛ 10 min.

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

Check seasoning and set aside.

Step 4 - ⌛ 7 min.

Cut 200 g belly (streaky) bacon into small pieces and pan fry lightly.

Set aside.

Step 5 - ⌛ 7 min.

Slice 200 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.

Step 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cut 8 slices bread and arrange on a baking sheet.

Step 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

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

Step 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Then the bacon.

Step 9 - ⌛ 5 min.

Then the potatoes.

Step 10 - ⌛ 5 min.

Finish with thin slices of any cheese you like.

Step 11 - ⌛ 20 min.

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

Step 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: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=9 %	18 g RDI=7 %	12 g RDI=17 %	219 kcal RDI=11 %	917 kJ RDI=11 %
Per open sandwiches	10 g RDI=16 %	33 g RDI=13 %	22 g RDI=31 %	403 kcal RDI=20 %	1,685 kJ RDI=20 %
Whole recipe	82 g RDI=127 %	267 g RDI=101 %	179 g RDI=245 %	3,220 kcal RDI=161 %	13,483 kJ RDI=161 %