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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

Keywords for this recipe:Cheese Toastie Bread Fried Sandwich Avocado Lime

For 4 people, you will need:

0 80 g Mimolette
1 80 g Comté cheese
2 1 avocado
3 8 slices bread
4 50 g butter
5 2 tablespoons lime juice
6 2 tablespoons olive oil
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 920 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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21 min.	7 min.	28 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Fried cheese toasties with avocado : Photo of step #1

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

Stage 2 - 3 min.

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Prepare 1 avocado and slice thinly.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

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Cut 8 slices bread.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

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Melt 50 g butter and brush over one side of each slice.

Turn the bread over.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

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Fill half the slices with the grated cheese mix.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

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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.

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

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,295 Kcal or 5,422 Kj	77 gr	264 gr	121 gr
65 %	29 %	25 %	18 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.95 €
Per person : 1.24 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pea and avocado salad, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salmon and spinach quiche, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Cubed salad, Comtoise endive salad, Two-cheese quiche, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond tuiles, Roscoff loaf, Pork medallions with "full" turnips, Walnut short bread, Scrambled eggs (Oeufs brouillés), ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fried bread with leek and poached egg , Smoked haddock and leek fondue tartines, Auvergnat tartines, Gratin slices with spinach, Norwegian tartines, ... All

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