Baked Vacherin Mont d’Or with accompaniments

Name: Baked Vacherin Mont d’Or with accompaniments
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: flaked sea salt; ground black pepper; a good sourdough stick; 1 head of chicory; 4 new potatoes or 2 Pink Fir Apple potatoes per person; 4 large gherkins (not the sweet, cured type); 8 good fresh spring onions; 1 Vacherin Mont d’Or cheese; 1 large sprig of fresh rosemary, leaves picked (optional); 2 large cloves of garlic, finely sliced (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

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By Valentine Warner

Published 2014

About

This is the heartiest of winter comfort food and has me wishing for cold weather. Although tempting, don’t eat this all by yourself; you will feel sick!

Ingredients

1 Vacherin Mont d’Or cheese
2 large cloves of garlic, finely sliced (optional)
1 large sprig

Supper
Starter
Vegetarian
Winter

Method

Prior to baking the cheese, remove it from its box and soak the box in warm water for at least 30 minutes, or until sodden. Discard any paper that may be wrapped around the cheese.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6.
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