Breaded Comté
35 min
Average: 4.2 (29 votes)

Breaded Comté Bites with Espelette Pepper Cream

The perfect dinner appetizer for impressing your guests. Make just before serving. 

Preparation time

25 min

Ingredients For

  • PDO Espelette Pepper
    Piment d'Espelette PDO
  • PGI Burgundy mustard
    Burgundy Mustard PGI
  • x 1
  • Comte cheese
    Comté PDO
  • PGI Burgundy mustard
    Burgundy Mustard PGI
  • Cévennes sweet onion
    Cévennes Sweet Onion PDO
  • x 0.75
  • 2 tsp
  • x 2

Preparation

1

Make the Espelette pepper cream. Mix the egg yolk with a teaspoon of mustard, a teaspoon of oil, and the pepper. Start to whisk the mayonnaise into soft peaks. 

2

Continue whisking the mayonnaise while adding more oil. Keep an eye on the consistency of the mayonnaise. Add salt. Cover and refrigerate.

3

Make the Comté bites. Shred the cheese and finely chop the onion. 

4

In a large bowl, mix the cheese, onion, breadcrumbs, mustard, and chives. Add salt and pepper. 

5

In a bowl, whisk the milk, a whole egg, and an egg yolk. Set the egg white aside for later use. Add this mixture to the large bowl. Mix well. 

6

Make eight balls out of the dough. In a soup plate, lightly beat the egg white. Layer another plate with a bit of flour.  

7

In a skillet, heat a bit of oil. 

8

Roll the bites in the egg white, then again in the flour. Fry the Comté bites for around 10 minutes, turning them occasionally until they are golden brown. 

9

Serve with the pepper mayonnaise. 

Pair with

Chablis Blanc or Cahors Rouge. 

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