Tired of the usual ham, cheese and tomato or toasted chicken and mayo sarmies? Up your sandwich game with these ‘gourmet’ toasties.
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Two gourmet toasties that will change your life
Bacon, brie and apricot jam toasties
Ingredients
- soft butter for spreading
- 4 slices French bread
- 4 Tbsp Apricot Jam
- 4 – 8 slices Brie cheese
- 4 slices bacon, grilled
Method
- Butter one side of each slice of bread.
- Spread the apricot jam on the unbuttered side of 2 slices of bread and top each with a slice of Brie and a slice of bacon.
- Place the remaining 2 buttered slices of bread on top of the bacon, buttered side facing out.
- Fry the sandwiches on both sides in a dry pan over medium heat until the bread is toasted and the cheese starting to melt.
- Serve hot.
Print Bacon, brie and apricot jam toasties
Give your usual toasted ham and cheese a make-over with this delicious twist.
- Author: Rhodes Quality
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Sandwiches, Wraps and rolls
- Method: toast
- Cuisine: South African
- soft butter for spreading
- 4 slices French bread
- 4 Tbsp Apricot Jam
- 4 – 8 slices Brie cheese
- 4 slices bacon, grilled
- Butter one side of each slice of bread.
- Spread the apricot jam on the unbuttered side of 2 slices of bread and top each with a slice of Brie and a slice of bacon.
- Place the remaining 2 buttered slices of bread on top of the bacon, buttered side facing out.
- Fry the sandwiches on both sides in a dry pan over medium heat until the bread is toasted and the cheese starting to melt.
- Serve hot.
Spinach and corn toasties
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp sunflower oil
- 3 Tbsp finely chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 Tbsp cake flour
- l cup milk, warm
- 1 cup chopped spinach
- 1 x 410g can Whole Kernel Corn, drained
- ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
- salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 8 slices bread
- softened butter for spreading
Method
- Heat the oil in a medium frying pan.
- Add the onion, and sauté until softened.
- Add the garlic and fry for a few minutes more.
- Stir in the flour.
- Whisk in the warm milk and continue whisking until the sauce is smooth and thickened.
- Season to taste.
- Stir in the spinach, Whole Kernel Corn and grated cheese.
- Season to taste and set aside to cool slightly.
- Butter the one side of each slice of bread.
- Place a generous spoonful of the spinach and corn filling on the unbuttered side of four slices of bread.
- Close the sandwiches with the remaining slices, butter side up.
- Heat a non-stick pan and toast the sandwiches on both sides until golden.
- Serve hot.
Print Spinach and corn toasties
If you are a vegetarian, spice up your toastie game with this yummy combination.
- Author: Rhodes Quality
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Sandwiches, Wraps and rolls
- Method: toast
- Cuisine: South African
- 4 Tbsp sunflower oil
- 3 Tbsp finely chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 Tbsp cake flour
- l cup milk, warm
- 1 cup chopped spinach
- 1 x 410g can Whole Kernel Corn, drained
- ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
- salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 8 slices bread
- softened butter for spreading
- Heat the oil in a medium frying pan.
- Add the onion, and sauté until softened.
- Add the garlic and fry for a few minutes more.
- Stir in the flour.
- Whisk in the warm milk and continue whisking until the sauce is smooth and thickened.
- Season to taste.
- Stir in the spinach, Whole Kernel Corn and grated cheese.
- Season to taste and set aside to cool slightly.
- Butter the one side of each slice of bread.
- Place a generous spoonful of the spinach and corn filling on the unbuttered side of four slices of bread.
- Close the sandwiches with the remaining slices, butter side up.
- Heat a non-stick pan and toast the sandwiches on both sides until golden.
- Serve hot.
*The above recipes were sourced from www.rhodesquality.com
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