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Vacherin Mont D'Or with Ripe Pears and Drageed Hazelnuts Recipe

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Vacherin Mont D'Or with Ripe Pears and Drageed Hazelnuts
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Ingredients
6
Count
Nutrition
272
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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  1. Vacherin Mont d'Or is one of the most loved French cheeses from the Franche-comte area in the Savoie above the Rhone Alps close to the Swiss border. Some say the Swiss make it too and they invented it but it has been determined it was the French who invented it. It is made from raw cows milk usually with winter milk and the curds are uncooked, pressed then aged on spruce planks. The curds are rubbed with salt water so they have a washed rind and then place in a wooden box of a band of spruce to help them keep there shape as they ripen and to give it a unique flavor and aroma. The rind is usually slightly crusty and golden with the interior pate being quite yellow creamy and sweet but pungent in flavor. It has at least a 45 percent butter fat content and is aged 3 weeks minimum. To serve it you must use a spoon to scoop it out of the box because ripe it is quite runny, so one 500 gram wheel should really be consumed in 1 sitting as it oozes everywhere in the box once you break through the rind. Dragees are tiny sugar balls used for decorating cakes or when nuts are coated with a thin hard layer of sugar.
  2. To make the drageed hazelnuts, place the sugar in a small saucepan and pour the water around the edge to moisten it completely. Bring this to a boil and then add the hazelnuts. Stir continuously until all the water is cooked away and the nuts are coated with a sugar frosting.
  3. Turn the heat to medium and continue cooking and stirring to re-caramelize the sugar and make them shiny. As soon as all the sugar has turned to a thin coating of caramel on the nuts, let them cool 30 seconds then dump them onto a slightly greased cool surface like a piece of marble.
  4. Being careful not to burn yourself, separate them into individual glazed nuts. Let cool. Store in an airtight container.
  5. On small plates place a few slices of the French bread and pears and place a spoonful of the cheese on the plate. Scatter the hazelnuts around the plate, about 5 or 6 per serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 271.69 Kcal (1138 kJ)
Calories from fat 83.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.24g 14%
Sodium 97.26mg 4%
Potassium 219.24mg 5%
Total Carbs 46.48g 15%
Sugars 31.53g 126%
Dietary Fiber 4.58g 18%
Protein 3.57g 7%
Vitamin C 4.7mg 8%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 24.6mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 191.83 Kcal (803 kJ)
Calories from fat 58.73 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.53g 14%
Sodium 68.67mg 4%
Potassium 154.8mg 5%
Total Carbs 32.82g 15%
Sugars 22.26g 126%
Dietary Fiber 3.23g 18%
Protein 2.52g 7%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 8%
Iron 0.5mg 4%
Calcium 17.4mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 5.4
    Points
  • 7
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free,
  • good source of fiber

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