Bacon, cheese and onion with pickled mustard seeds toastie
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
serves
4
Bacon, cheese and onion with pickled mustard seeds toastie
You had us at bacon toastie!
This is an edited recipe from Chefs Eat Toasties Too by Darren Purchese (Hardie Grant, RRP $29.99). Available in stores nationally now.
Ingredients (12)
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 12 rashers streaky bacon
- 150g unsalted butter, softened
- 8 slices white sandwich loaf
- 2 tsp hot English mustard
- 3 tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 160g comte (French semi-hard cheese, from good delis – substitute Emmental or gruyere), coarsely grated
- 100g Montgomery cheddar (English cheddar, from good delis – substitute aged sharp cheddar), coarsely grated
- 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
Pickled mustard seeds
- 60g yellow mustard seeds
- 1/3 cup (80ml) chardonnay vinegar (from gourmet food shops – substitute white wine vinegar)
- 1 1/2 tbs caster sugar
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
CloseMethod
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1.For the pickled mustard seeds, place the seeds in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil, then drain and refresh in cold water. Repeat process three times, then drain for a final time.
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2.Combine vinegar, sugar, 2 tbs water and 1 tsp salt flakes in a bowl and stir until dissolved. Add mustard seeds, cover, and chill until cold.
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3.To make the toasties, heat oil in a frypan over high heat and cook bacon for 3 minutes each side or until golden. Drain on paper towel and set aside.
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4.Butter 4 slices bread, then spread a thin layer of mustard over butter. Top with bacon and sliced tomato.
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5.Combine cheeses and spring onion in a bowl. Spoon over bacon and tomato.
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6.Butter remaining 4 slices bread and spread pickled mustard seeds on top, gently pressing into butter. Invert the seed-topped bread onto the cheesetopped bread and press down gently.
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7.Heat a sandwich press and butter one side of each sandwich. Place sandwiches buttered-side down on the hot press, then butter the top of each sandwich with remaining butter. Close press and cook sandwiches for 5-6 minutes or until golden and cheese has melted. Halve toasties and serve immediately.
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