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Aperitif rolls

These are small, bite-sized, soft bread rolls made with bacon bits and topped with grated cheese.

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Last modified on: October 24^th 2017

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For 20 aperitifs rolls, you will need:

1 ¾ cup flour
2 1 tablespoon instant mashed-potato powder
3 ½ cup water
4 ½ teaspoon salt
5 ½ teaspoon yeast
6 ½ tablespoon olive oil
7 0 kg small pieces of bacon
8 0 kg shallot
9 ½ tablespoon red wine
10 1 tablespoon butter
11 0 kg 2 g grated cheese
12 salt
13 pepper
14 1 tablespoon Soured dough (optional)

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
39 min.	1 hour 15 min.	37 min.	2 hours 31 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

1) Preparation of bacon filling.

Fry 0 kg small pieces of bacon in a non-stick frying pan and discard the fat which runs out.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare 0 kg shallot and chop finely.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Reuse the bacon pan (without cleaning it) to melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add the chopped shallots, salt and pepper.

Cook without colouring.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Pour ½ tablespoon red wine into the pan.

Stage 5 - 15 min.

Mix and leave to cook until all the wine has evaporated, then add the bacon.

The filling is ready. Note that this can be prepared the day before and kept in the fridge in a sealed container.

Stage 6

In bread-making, the water temperature is always important. It's not a fixed value, but related to 3 other temperatures: 1) the temperature of your flour, 2) the room temperature in your kitchen, and 3) the basic temperature of this recipe, which is 52-56°C.

You can calculate the temperature of the water for this recipe in one click, using this small calculator.

Stage 7 - 15 min.

2) Preparation of dough.

Put into a food-processor bowl: ¾ cup flour, 1 tablespoon instant mashed-potato powder, ½ cup water at the right temperature, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon yeast, ½ tablespoon olive oil and possibly 1 tablespoon Soured dough.

Start on the slowest speed for 3 minutes, then a little faster for 6 minutes.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Add the bacon filling to the dough and knead on the slowest speed just until it is well mixed in.

Stage 9 - 30 min.

Roll the dough into a ball and put into a large clean bowl. Dust lightly with flour, cover with a sheet of plastic and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

After this time, roll out the dough into a rectangle 1cm (0.4 inch) thick.

Stage 11 - 5 min.

Cut into strips 1cm wide (a dough cutter is very useful for this)...

Stage 12

...then cut across into 2cm (0.8 inch) lengths to make the little rolls.

Stage 13 - 45 min.

Arrange on a baking sheet, sprinkle with grated cheese. Cover with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for about 45 minutes.

Stage 14 - 15 min.

Preheat the oven to 240°C (460°F).

Bake the rolls for about 15 minutes.

Remarks

You can use Comté, gruyère or Emmenthal cheese, but Comté is by far the best.

If you serve these as aperitif snacks, don't be surprised if they all disappear - they are difficult to resist!

Keeping

A few hours, 1 day maximum.

Source

After Thomas Marie (INBP, French national bakery and patisserie insititute).

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,514 Kcal or 6,339 Kj	33 gr	113 gr	102 gr
76 %	13 %	11 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
321 Kcal or 1,344 Kj	7 gr	24 gr	22 gr
16 %	3 %	2 %	3 %

Per aperitif rolls
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
76 Kcal or 318 Kj	2 gr	6 gr	5 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, Sulfites, Milk, leaven

How much will it cost?

For 20 aperitifs rolls : 1.99 €
Per aperitif rolls : 0.10 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet, Bistro-style cabbage salad, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Green beans with tomatoes, Spaghetti Carbonara, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Wiener Schnitzel, Muffin dough, Cheese Soufflé, Pistachio madeleines, Tomato foccacia, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pizza dough, Seeded loaf, Hazelnut and orange cake, Olive and pesto bread, Caramel rice pudding, ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, Snow peas sautéed in butter, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Spaghetti with mushrooms, Beurre blanc sauce, ... All

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