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Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie

Here's a new French twist on the famous American grilled cheese. This version plays on the great combination of spinach and eggs.

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Last modified on: August 15^th 2021

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 1 egg
2 ½ tablespoon olive oil
3 4 slices bread
4 25 g butter
5 150 g cooked spinach
6 75 g cheese
Total weight: 508 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
19 min.	17 min.	36 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 7 min.

Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie

Beat 1 egg rapidly in a bowl, then salt and pepper. Cook with ½ tablespoon olive oil in a small frying pan on medium heat, rather like an omelette or scrambled egg.

Don't overcook; the eggs should not dry out.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Butter 4 slices bread.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Put a large frying pan on medium heat and add the bread slices, butter side down.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Fry all the slices until browned.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Top half the fried bread on the un-fried side with egg.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Add the spinach.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Top with slices of cheese (Brie here).

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Finish the sandwich with a second slice of bread and press down gently.

Stage 9

Put back in the pan on low heat...

Stage 10 - 5 min.

...and cover.

This is just to reheat the centre and melt the cheese.

Stage 11

You may need to do this in batches, depending on the size of your pan.

Stage 12

Serve piping hot, whole or cut in two.

Remarks

You can use a different cheese instead of Brie, such as Camembert.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
617 Kcal or 2,583 Kj	42 gr	140 gr	58 gr
31 %	16 %	13 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
121 Kcal or 507 Kj	8 gr	28 gr	11 gr
6 %	3 %	3 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
308 Kcal or 1,290 Kj	21 gr	70 gr	29 gr
15 %	8 %	7 %	4 %

% 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: Egg, Gluten, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.59 €
Per person : 0.80 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Springtime mixed salad, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Kérinou slices, Langres-style spinach, Poitevin twist, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Avocado mousse with sorrel, Grapefruit cake, Crackers, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Almond macaroon cake, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Tartine du pêcheur , Grilled ham and bechamel sandwiches, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Croque-monsieur gourmand, ... All

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