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Cheese Toastie
Pastries

Cheese Toastie

A cheese toastie, crispy outside and melting inside — the simple, perfect comfort

⏱ 11 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Spread the butter on the outside of slice the bread.
    💡The butter goes on the outside, the side that meets the pan: it's what gives the bread its golden, crisp crust.
  2. 2
    Spread the mustard on the inside of the slices.
  3. 3
    Place the yellow cheese on half of slice the bread, season with salt and black pepper and cover each one with another slice, buttered side out.
  4. 4
    Heat a heavy pan over medium heat.
    StoveFrying pan
  5. 5
    Grill the sandwiches 2–3 minutes per side, pressing lightly, until the bread is golden and crisp and the cheese has melted completely.
    StoveFrying panSilicone spatula
    💡Medium heat, not high: the bread browns at the same pace the cheese melts, while over high heat it burns outside before the cheese inside melts.
  6. 6
    Cut on the diagonal and serve immediately.
    KnifeCutting board
134calories
6 gprotein
8 gcarbs
9 gfat
● protein 17%● carbs 25%● fat 58%

Per serving (38 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)

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