Baked Vacherin Mont d’Or with accompaniments

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

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

Starter
Supper
Winter
Vegetarian

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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