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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 4 people, you will need:

1 80 g Mimolette
2 80 g Comté cheese
3 1 avocado
4 8 slices bread
5 50 g butter
6 2 tablespoons lime juice
7 2 tablespoons olive oil
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 920 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 21 min.

Cooking: 7 min.

All in all: 28 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Grate 80 g Mimolette and 80 g Comté cheese, mix together and set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Prepare 1 avocado and slice thinly.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Cut 8 slices bread.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Melt 50 g 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	610 240 %	4,600 430 %	200 30 %	2,160 110 %	9,060 110 %
Per 100 g	70 30 %	500 50 %	20 3 %	240 10 %	980 10 %
Per person	150 60 %	1,150 110 %	50 8 %	540 30 %	2,260 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.95 €
Per person : 1.24 €

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