Ingredients for 4:
250 g semi-hard cheese (grated)
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
A splash of white wine
Cayenne pepper
Pepper
Nutmeg (grated)
8 slices of toasting bread

Preparation:
Mix together the cheese, eggs, egg yolk and wine and flavour with cayenne pepper, pepper and nutmeg. Spread a thick layer of the cheese mixture on each slice of bread. Grill on a baking sheet in the oven for about 10 minutes.
This Vaud cheese dish bears a Russian name.
It commemorates the battle for Fort Malakoff near Sebastopol.
Soldiers from Vaud took part in this battle, fought during the Crimean War(1853-1856).