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Fried cheese toasties with avocado

Cheese toasties just got naughtier: pan-fried with butter, the French way. Serve with sliced avocado and lime juice for a delicious contrast of hot and crunchy with cold and yielding – and a clearer conscience!

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Last modified on: January 20^th 2021

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 160 ml Mimolette
2 160 ml Comté cheese
3 2 avocados
4 16 slices bread
5 103.2 ml butter
6 4 tablespoons lime juice
7 4 tablespoons olive oil
8 salt
9 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
21 min.	7 min.	28 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Grate 160 ml Mimolette and 160 ml Comté cheese, mix together and set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Prepare 2 avocados and slice thinly.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Cut 16 slices bread.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Melt 103.2 ml butter and brush over one side of each slice.

Turn the bread over.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Fill half the slices with the grated cheese mix.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Put the other slices on top, butter side up.

Note that these sandwiches are made with the butter on the outside.

Stage 7 - 7 min.

In a frying pan, fry the sandwiches on both sides over moderate heat.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Put a cheese toastie on each plate, top with sliced avocado, then salt and pepper, and drizzle with a little olive oil and lime juice.

Serve right away.

Remarks

For the bread, choose a rustic sourdough if possible; seeded and granary-style are good.

This works with other cheeses, so use whatever you have to hand.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,590 Kcal or 10,844 Kj	153 gr	528 gr	241 gr
130 %	59 %	50 %	37 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
141 Kcal or 590 Kj	8 gr	29 gr	13 gr
7 %	3 %	3 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
324 Kcal or 1,357 Kj	19 gr	66 gr	30 gr
16 %	7 %	6 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 9.89 €
Per person : 1.24 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pea and avocado salad, Bistro-style endive salad, Leek and Mimolette tart, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salmon and spinach quiche, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Hasselback or "Swedish-style" potatoes, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Jura bread, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tarte à l'coloche, Clementine confectioner's custard, Breton Sandwich, Caramelized pear custard tart, Red rice pannequets, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Montbenoit's canapés, Baked leek and Camembert slices, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Bruschetta and mozzarella, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, ... All

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