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 20th 2021
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80 g Mimolette
80 g 
1 
8 slices 
50 g 
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons 
How long does it take?
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 80 g Mimolette and 80 g Comté cheese, mix together and set aside.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Cut 8 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 |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 4.95 €
- 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)
 | Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Pea and avocado salad, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Leek and Mimolette tart, Bistro-style endive salad, ... All |
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cubed salad, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Triple-Cheese Pumpkin Gratin, Cocotte eggs with Comté, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rillettes stuffed mushrooms, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Eggs Arsène, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, White bean gratin "à l'italienne", ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Smoked haddock and leek fondue tartines, Montbenoit's canapés, Gratin slices with spinach, Croque-monsieur gourmand, Grilled ham and bechamel sandwiches, ... All |
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