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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

Keywords for this recipe:Sandwich Croque-monsieur Bread Toastie Fried Cheese Egg Spinach

For 4 people, you will need:

1 2 eggs
2 1 tablespoon olive oil
3 8 slices bread
4 50 g butter
5 300 g cooked spinach
6 150 g cheese
Total weight: 1,015 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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 : Photo of step #1

Beat 2 eggs rapidly in a bowl, then salt and pepper. Cook with 1 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.

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Butter 8 slices bread.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

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

Stage 4 - 5 min.

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Fry all the slices until browned.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

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

Stage 6 - 4 min.

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Add the spinach.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

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Top with slices of cheese (Brie here).

Stage 8 - 1 min.

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

Stage 9

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Put back in the pan on low heat...

Stage 10 - 5 min.

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...and cover.

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

Stage 11

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

Stage 12

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,233 Kcal or 5,162 Kj	84 gr	280 gr	115 gr
62 %	32 %	26 %	17 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.19 €
Per person : 0.80 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

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, Feta and spinach brik pie, Thin spinach and potato tart, Spinach Omelette, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Bisto-style canapés, Croque-monsieur complet, Poitevin twist, French toast "cordon bleu", ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crackers, Pork Chops with Rosemary, Seafood feuillantines, Toasted almond cake, Beurre blanc sauce, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Smoked eggs, Kérinou slices, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Leek and egg frichti, ... All

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