Cheese toasties made with an iron
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Tear off the tin-foil
Who needs a sandwich toaster to make toasted cheese sandwiches? Use a domestic clothes iron instead - just don't forget the tin-foil!
Ingredients
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- 1 slice of bread cut in two
- 200 g Cheddar cheese cut about 3 to 4 mm thick, enough to go almost to the edge of the bread
- 2 teaspoons of Butter or margarine
- Tin foil
- A clothes iron
Mise en place
- Ensure the iron is not on the steam setting. Set it to the hottest setting. Once the light goes out for the first time we're ready to cook!
Method
- Lay the cheese on un-buttered bread
- Fill the sandwich with enough cheese to go just to the edge of the bread
- Butter both slices of bread on the outside - no butter goes in the middle of the sandwich
- Lay the sandwich on a single piece of fin-foil
- Wrap well so the contents won't leak
- Place the iron on top of the foil sandwich, leave for 5 minutes.
- Turn the sandwich and iron the other side for another 5 minutes
- Eat!
Serving suggestions
Serve with Branston pickle.
Variations
Add a slice of ham.
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