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!
24K 4/5 based on 7 reviews
Last modified on: January 20th 2021
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160 ml Mimolette
160 ml 
2 
16 slices 
103.2 ml 
4 tablespoons lime juice
4 tablespoons 
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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 3 - 2 min.
Cut 16 slices bread.
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.
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.
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.
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 |
| 4,326 Kcal or 18,112 Kj | 1,225 gr | 9,200 gr | 401 gr |
| 216 % | 471 % | 868 % | 61 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 235 Kcal or 984 Kj | 67 gr | 500 gr | 22 gr |
| 12 % | 26 % | 47 % | 3 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 541 Kcal or 2,265 Kj | 153 gr | 1,150 gr | 50 gr |
| 27 % | 59 % | 108 % | 8 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 9.89 €
- Per person : 1.24 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgettes (zuchinis) , Chicken Brussels pie, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Jura bread, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, ... All |
 | Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Leek and Mimolette tart, Bistro-style endive salad, Pea and avocado salad, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to fry eggs well, Aperitif rolls, Hamburger buns, Panettone, Gratin Parmentier, ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croque-monsieur gourmand, White asparagus salad, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Panzanella, ... All |
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