French Cheeseburger Loaf

Name: French Cheeseburger Loaf
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 312 grams tube refrigerated crusty French loaf; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 small green pepper, chopped; 1 Tbsp ketchup; 3 Tbsps shredded Parmesan cheese; 4 slices reduced-fat process American cheese product; 80 grams chopped sweet onion

The recipe French Cheeseburger Loaf can be made in around 50 minutes. This recipe makes 6 servings with 229 calories, 10g of protein, and 7g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. Head to the store and pick up crusty loaf, egg white, flour, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.

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Pepper

Onion

Beef

Meat

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Frying Pan

Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the flour, mustard and ketchup; set aside.

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Ketchup

Mustard

Garlic

All Purpose Flour

Unroll dough starting at the seam. Pat into a 14-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Spoon meat mixture lengthwise down the center of the dough; top with cheese slices. Bring long sides of dough to the center over filling; pinch seam to seal.

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Cheese

Dough

Meat

Place seam side down on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Sheet

Brush with egg white.

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Egg Whites

Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

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Parmesan

With a sharp knife, cut diagonal slits in top of loaf.

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Knife

Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

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Oven

Serve warm.

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Servings:

2Tbsps

Dijon mustard 1

egg white, lightly beaten 2Tbsps

all-purpose flour 312grams

tube refrigerated crusty French loaf 2

garlic cloves, minced 1small

green pepper, chopped 1Tbsp

ketchup 3Tbsps

shredded Parmesan cheese 4slices

reduced-fat process American cheese product 80grams

chopped sweet onion

Recommended wine: Merlot, Malbec, Zinfandel

Cheeseburger works really well with Merlot, Malbec, and Zinfandel. Merlot will be perfectly adequate for a classic burger with standard toppings. Bolder toppings call for bolder wines, such as a malbec or peppery zinfandel. One wine you could try is St. Francis Reserve Merlot. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 45 dollars.

St. Francis Reserve Merlot

St. Francis' Merlot Reserve is produced and grown exclusively from a 20 acre parcel situated in the heart of the estate vineyard in Sonoma Valley. The soil formation is distinctive, well-drained with rock, gravel and loam topsoils which yield small quantities of grapes per vine and an excellent concentration of fruit. The vineyard's cool microclimate is moderated by breezes from the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay and characterized by the morning and evening fogs. These cool night temperatures are critical to the development of complex fruit of superior quality. Vines are drip irrigated and canopies thinned by removing leaves from the vines to increase exposure to the sun, concentrating color and flavor. Harvest customarily occurs between mid-September and the end of October. The fruit is harvested by hand and crushed into temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. Fermentation takes place in 8 to 15 days. The different lots are racked into new and one year old French and American oak barrels, and remain separate during the 24-30 month aging period. The blend is then assembled. Bottling takes place without fining or filtration and the wine is held nine to ten months prior to release.