recipes
sando-style cheese toasties, three ways
Here at it with our food milestones! This week we commemorate #NationalCheeseToastie Day and #NationalSandwichDay all in one go with with a homieats-inspired sando-style cheese toasties.
The flavours are inspired by our very own homies and have us experiment every type of cheese possible, check them out below!
sundried tomato sando
homieats-created
This is our comfort food or really lazy day go to food. Top it with butter and toss it on our grill, with a sunny side-up on top, we can easily get through our day!
spicy prawn & bacon sando
ruth-inspired
Ruth loves a prawn and bacon combo – if she had her way, she’d do it with crayfish but hey, got to do with what we could find in London! And throw in some spice, and we’re goood.
saganaki sando
asiyo-greek-inspired
Asiyo’s got a real sweet tooth and wanted some honey on her toast. So we took inspiration from Greece’s saganaki – a hard cheese appetiser that is pan seared and served with honey, figs and nuts.
the stuff
the filling:
sundried tomatoes
sundried tomato pesto
the cheese:
a slice of gouda or emmental (or both)
edam, grated
the method
- On the inner sides of two bread slices, slather some sundried tomato pesto.
- Add a slice of gouda.
- Drop some sundried tomatoes on top.
- Grate that edam.
- Slather that butter on top and grill.
- Make a sunny side up if you fancy.
- BITE INTO THAT CHEESY YOLKINESSS.
spicy prawn and bacon sando
the stuff
the filling:
bacon
prawns
chilli powder
pepper
the cheese:
a slice of red leicester
comté, grated
the method
- Cut bacon into little bits.
- Fry bacon bits until they are brown and crispy.
- Cut prawns into little bits.
- Toss them into the bacon mix and fry till they turn pink (add a little butter if it needs a bit of grease).
- Add some chilli and pepper and mix.
- Now to assemble. Add a slice of red leicester on one side.
- Add a spoonful of the spicy prawn and bacon combo.
- Grate some comté on top.
- Butter the tops, grill and enjoy that cheese pull!
saganaki sando
the stuff
the filling:
pistachios or walnuts, chopped
honey
the cheese:
saganaki or kefalotyri or any greek hard cheese
the method
- Cut a slide of saganaki and grill it on a iron cast pan first.
- Scoop that onto a bread slice.
- Top with some chopped nuts.
- Drizzle some honey.
- Top with another slice of cheese on top.
- Butter the tops, and drop into the grill.
- That grilled cheese and honey, HEAVEN.