The Secret Ingredient (Marmalade): Marmalade and Stinky Cheese Canapés

Name: The Secret Ingredient (Marmalade): Marmalade and Stinky Cheese Canapés
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 inches white farmhouse bread, crust removed, and each slice cut into 3 equal rectangles, or 9 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices of baguette; 99 grams Epoisses cheese, cut into 9 rectangles (do not cut it until the last minute); 1 Tbsp clarified butter, plus more as needed (You can buy this as ghee from some stores. Flavorless oil is a better substitute than melted butter.); 5 teaspoons good quality orange marmalade (recommended: Bonne Maman)

The Secret Ingredient (Marmalade): Marmalade and Stinky Cheese Canapés is a vegetarian condiment. One portion of this dish contains about 0g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 55 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 0% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of farmhouse bread, clarified butter, epoisses cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Prepare the bread. Melt the clarified butter in a small sauté pan over medium-high heat. Fry the bread, 3 pieces at a time, 1 minute one each side, until crisp and golden.

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Clarified Butter

Bread

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Remove to a plate, and repeat with the remaining bread, adding more butter as needed.

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Butter

Bread

Another less traditional, if more sensible, way to prepare the bread is to preheat the oven to 350°F.

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Bread

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Oven

Brush both sides of 9 thin slices of baguette with flavorless oil or melted clarified butter, and arrange in a single layer on a small rimmed baking sheet.

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Clarified Butter

Baguette

Cooking Oil

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Bake until crisp and golden, about 10 to 12 minutes.

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Oven

Spread each toast with 1/2 teaspoon marmalade, and top with 1 rectangle of Epoisses. Set on a platter, and serve.

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Marmalade

Spread

Toast

You can also make this as a grilled cheese, but using 2 1/2-inch slices of farmhouse bread per person.

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Cheese

Bread

Spread the outside of the bread with room temperature unsalted butter, and the inside with 1 tablespoon orange marmalade.

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Orange Marmalade

Unsalted Butter

Spread

Bread

Spread 2 ounces of Epoisses between the slices, and stick together. Toast in a skillet on medium-low heat for 2 to 3 minutes per side, until the outside is golden and the inside is absolutely runny. Repeat for as many sandwiches as you need.

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Spread

Toast

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