Blue cheese, ham & egg toastie
Choose some quality blue cheese and let it shine in this simple toastie with sourdough, ham and egg. Enjoy with pear chutney and gherkins
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- Serves: 2 persons
Ingredients
- 50g salted butter
- 4slices sourdough
- 4slices thick-cut ham
- 100g pear chutney
- 180g blue cheese, cut into 45g slices
- oil , for frying
- 2eggs
- 2gherkins, to serve (optional)
Instructions
Step 1
Spread the butter over one side of each slice of bread, then put the slices on a chopping board, butter-side down. Divide the ham between two of the slices, then spread the chutney over the ham and top with the cheese. Sandwich with the other two bread slices, buttered-sides out.Step 2
One at a time, fry the sandwiches in a pan over a medium heat for 3-4 mins until golden and crisp, then turn and repeat, pressing down firmly using a spatula or fish slice until the cheese has melted.Step 3
Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in a second frying pan over a medium heat and fry the eggs until crisp around the edges. Cut the sandwiches in half and serve with the fried eggs on top and a gherkin each on the side, if you like.