Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks


Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
These crusty mini-baguetttes are generously dotted with diced Comté cheese, toasted walnuts and fried bacon bits.

They are ideal for slicing and serving as an aperitif snack.
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Last modified on: October 24th 2017

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For 4 sticks, you will need:

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Cut 200 g Comté cheese into small dice and set aside.

Stage 2 - 7 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Fry 200 g small pieces of bacon, add 2 tablespoons vinegar at the end of cooking and set aside.

Stage 3 - 15 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Toast 200 g walnut kernels for 15 minutes in the oven at 360°F (180°C).

Stage 4 - 4 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
You can rub the walnuts in a teatowel when they come out of the oven to help remove the skins, but this is not essential.

Stage 5 - 2 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Mix the walnuts, bacon and Comté together.

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Mix these into 600 g bread dough. The simplest way is to knead with a food processor on slow speed.

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

Stage 7 - 1 hour 30 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Gather the dough into a ball, transfer to a large, clean bowl and cover with a plastic sheet. Leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Stage 8 - 20 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
After this, weigh out the dough into lumps of about 300 g and shape into balls.

Leave to rest for 20 minutes covered with a plastic sheet.

Stage 9 - 1 hour
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Next, roll the balls out into long sticks and lay in a baguette mould or tin.

Leave to rest for 1 hour, covered with a plastic sheet as before.

Stage 10 - 25 min.
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Bake for about 20 to 30 minutes at 250°C (480°F) until the mini-baguettes are golden brown.

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 11
Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks
Served sliced as an aperitif snack, for example, success is guaranteed!
Remarks
If you do not have any Comté, try and use a similar kind of cheese, such as Gruyère or Emmental.

You will notice that the added goodies amount to nearly as much as the bread dough itself. This may seem a lot, but it is the secret that puts the "special" in a special bread.
Keeping
Several days wrapped in a cloth. Freezes very well.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
3,348 Kcal or 14,017 Kj156 gr425 gr306 gr
167 %60 %40 %46 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
272 Kcal or 1,139 Kj13 gr35 gr25 gr
14 %5 %3 %4 %
Per stick
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
837 Kcal or 3,504 Kj39 gr106 gr77 gr
42 %15 %10 %12 %
% 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, Nuts, Gluten
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 sticks : 9.85 €
  • Per stick : 2.46 €

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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)
Bread doughBread dough: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Surprise bread, Spring Bread, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Special Parmesan baguettes, ... All
Walnut kernelsWalnut kernels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate mendiants, Walnut short bread, Beetroot and black radish salad, Tomato and cream cheese terrine, Baked Camembert with Walnuts, ... All
Comté cheeseComté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Gnocchi alla romana, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Two-cheese quiche, Comtoise endive salad, ... All
Small pieces of baconSmall pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Green beans with tomatoes, Truffade, Artichoke hearts forestier , ... All
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