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Franche-Comté sticks

Thin baguettes made with Morteau sausage and cancoillotte cheese. The cancoillotte is added in the form of crumbled metton curds (normally melted in milk to make the creamy cancoillotte). Sliced thinly, these sticks make an ideal aperitif snack for sharing with friends.

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5 hours 30 min. difficulté

Easy

4 Frenchs sticks

Last modified on: October 24^th 2017

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For 4 Frenchs sticks, you will need:

1 100 g Morteau sausage
2 250 g flour
3 125 g water
4 125 g leaven
5 4.5 g salt
6 2 g yeast
7 100 g metton cancoillotte
Total weight: 710 grams

Change these quantities to make:

4 Frenchs sticks 8 Frenchs sticks 16 Frenchs sticks 24 Frenchs sticks

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 35 min.

Resting: 4 hours

Cooking: 55 min.

All in all: 5 hours 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 40 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

Boil the Morteau sausage using as little water as possible. For once, prick with a fork or knife point to add flavour to the cooking water.

Leave to cook then remove the sausage and save 125 g water for making the bread dough.

Stage 2

Franche-Comté sticks

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 58-64°C.

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

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

Put into a food processor bowl: 250 g flour, 125 g water at the correct temperature, 125 g leaven,4.5 g salt and 2 g yeast.

Knead on the slowest speed for 10 minutes, then on the next speed for 3 minutes.

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

Stage 4 - 10 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

Cut 100 g Morteau sausage into small dice.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

Add the diced sausage and 100 g metton cancoillotte to the dough mixture.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

Knead for a few more minutes until well mixed.

Stage 7 - 2 hours

Franche-Comté sticks

Gather the dough into a ball, put into a clean bowl and cover with a sheet of plastic. Leave to rest for 2 hours.

Stage 8 - 30 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

After this time, cut the dough into 8 pieces of the same weight and roll these into balls.

Cover these with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for 30 minutes.

Stage 9 - 1 hour 30 min.

Then shape the balls into sticks ('ficelles' in French), as shown in this video.

As you finish them, lay them on a baking sheet. Cover with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

Preheat the oven to 240°C (460°F).

'Slash' the tops of the sticks...

Stage 11 - 15 min.

Franche-Comté sticks

...and bake for around 15 minutes.

Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..

Stage 12

Franche-Comté sticks

Serve in slices.

Remarks

It is not essential to use the water from cooking the sausage to make the bread dough, but it adds flavour.

If you don't have Morteau sausage, you can use another smoked sausage. If you cannot get cancoillotte metton, you can use grated cheese.

And to drink?

A dry white wine, such as a Jura, Savigin or Chardonnay, or a light red, such as a Poulsard.

Keeping: A few days in a cloth bag.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	70 RDI=30 %	350 RDI=30 %	40 RDI=6 %	1,510 RDI=80 %	6,310 RDI: 80 %
Per 100 g	9 RDI=4 %	50 RDI=5 %	5 RDI=1 %	210 RDI=10 %	890 RDI: 10 %
Per French sticks	20 RDI=7 %	90 RDI=8 %	10 RDI=2 %	380 RDI=20 %	1,580 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 Frenchs sticks : 2.00 €
Per French sticks : 0.50 €

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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)

Flour

Flour

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Water

Water

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Leaven

Leaven

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Metton cancoillotte

Metton cancoillotte

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