This toastie is impressed by a consolation meals traditional: tartiflette. Layers of creamy mashed potato, candy caramelised onions, bacon and – the crowning glory – oozing Reblochon cheese, make this a critically good sandwich. Serve with cornichons and mustard to stability the richness.
Makes 1 toastie
2 slices sourdough bread
100g smoked bacon lardons
2 giant potatoes, peeled and lower into even-sized chunks
100ml cream
¼ tsp grated nutmeg
1 smashed garlic clove
75g butter
2 onions, sliced
Splash white wine
1 sprig thyme, leaves picked
3 thick slices Reblochon cheese
Cornichons and mustard, to serve
Add the onions to a frying pan with 25g butter and a pinch of salt. Cook dinner for 40 minutes, stirring often, till deeply caramelised. Add the thyme and white wine and permit the wine to prepare dinner off. Put aside.
Add the bacon lardons to a small frying pan and permit the fats to render over low warmth, stirring often, till crisp. Put aside.
Cook dinner the potatoes in loads of boiling salted water, then drain.
Heat 25g butter with the cream and garlic clove.
Pressure the garlic clove and mash the potatoes with the cream and butter. Season effectively.
Warmth a skillet or frying pan and add the remaining butter.
Take one slice of sourdough and prime with a layer of mashed potato. Add the onions, then the Reblochon cheese and bacon lardons. Add the ultimate slice and switch to the pan.
This temptingly good recipe is from Helen Graves @foodstories on Instagram, creator of BBQ Days and Nights, editor of Pit Journal.
Cook dinner for five minutes both sides, or till golden brown and crisp. Serve with cornichons and mustard.Discover extra fabulous recipes and about French cheese at CNIEL (Centre Nationwide Interprofessionnel de l Economie Laitière) the French Dairy Interbranch Group, is an organisation recognised by French and European public authorities which brings collectively gamers from the French dairy sector (milk producers, cooperatives and personal corporations, individuals in mass retail, commerce and institutional catering).
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