Beignet Au Fromage

Title:
Beignet Au Fromage

Yield:
48 Servings

Categories:
Appetizers,
Christmas




Ingredients:





 2 1/2 oz Gruyere cheese


 2 1/2 oz Emmenthaler cheese


     1    Egg


 2 1/2 tb Milk


     1    Clove garlic


   1/3 c  Plain flour


     1 ts Baking powder


          Salt, pepper


    12    Slices square white bread


          Oil for deep frying






 Step l.  Grate cheeses, put into small bowl of electric mixer. Add egg,


 milk, crushed garlic, sifted flour and baking powder, salt and pepper. Beat


 on medium speed 5 minutes. Step 2. Remove crusts from bread. Spread about
2


 tablespoons of mixture on to each slice of bread, right to outer edges. Cut


 each slice into four squares. (If bread is fresh remove crusts after you


 have spread the cheese mixture; the crusts hold the bread firm). Step 3.


 put in hot oil, cheese - side down; fry until golden brown on both sides


 about 2 minutes, turning once.  Drain on absorbent paper. Source: Dinner


 Party Cookbook ch. *This recipe comes from Gaddi's Restaurant in Peninsula


 Hotel, Hong Kong.


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #288


 


 Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:14:21 -0400


 


 From: Cindy J Hartlin