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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 12 people, you will need:

1 8.5 oz Mimolette
2 8.5 oz Comté cheese
3 3 avocados
4 24 slices bread
5 5.5 oz butter
6 6 tablespoons lime juice
7 6 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 8.5 oz Mimolette and 8.5 oz Comté cheese, mix together and set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Prepare 3 avocados and slice thinly.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Cut 24 slices bread.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Melt 5.5 oz 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
3,885 Kcal or 16,266 Kj	230 gr	792 gr	362 gr
194 %	88 %	75 %	55 %

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 12 people : 14.84 €
Per person : 1.24 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgettes (zuchinis) , Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise, Brussels sprouts salad with smoked trout and Comté cheese, Bistro celery salad, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Leek and Mimolette tart, Bistro-style endive salad, Pea and avocado salad, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Kugelhof for Nanou, Tea and white chocolate biscuits, Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Thin spinach and potato tart, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Smoked haddock and leek fondue tartines, French toast "cordon bleu", Norwegian tartines, Baby spinach salad, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, ... All

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