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Lots of butter on both sides of the bread of course.
Bowk
I can do a runny egg toast in the breville but i’ve just ordered a new one so will have to adjust the times.
Ye canny just leave that sort of information hanging!!! Details man!!
A potentially challenging question though… what’s everyone’s thoughts on the toastie machine (toastie ends up as sealed triangles) vs grilled sandwich machine with flat sides (toastie ends up as two slices of toast outside molten contents?
Was just thinking about that, we used to have one of the sealed triangle ones when I was younger, you end up with crusts as hard as concrete, and the heat all trapped inside so it's like eating a pop tart, you burn your mouth. Much prefer the flat version we have now.
Tuna,cheese,red onion and a bit of mustard.
Banana,peanut butter and honey.
Naturally
Sometimes Oxtail.
Thread suddenly went a bit 1970s 🙂
The mighty Spanish "Sandwich Mixto": buttered bread on the outside, then ham and cheese and a fried egg. Cooked in a frying pan so open sides. A real winner if you're ever hungover in Madrid.
How does everyone feel about the Heinz tomato soup accompaniment for dunking?
I'm heading over Salter Fell tomorrow. Tomato soup will be accompanying me. I'll struggle to take a toastie sandwich though
The mighty Spanish “Sandwich Mixto”: buttered bread on the outside, then ham and cheese and a fried egg. Cooked in a frying pan so open sides. A real winner if you’re ever hungover in Madrid
I recall having that every day for 2 weeks on a boys holiday in Gran Canaria, between that and a couple of 11am Doradas, the hangover never lasted. A nice hole cut in the top for yolk position too!
Cheddar or Red Leicester, mushrooms and Henderson's Relish
Daisy : In the end, our relationship was just like a sandwich toaster. You know, you just forget you've got one. And it just sits there on the top of the cupboard collecting a layer of greasy fudge. And even if you do see it you just assume it's broken, you think if it's working I'd be using it all the time, but you don't and it just sits there. Then one day, you get an overwhelming desire for toasted sandwiches, you know? And you get it down and it works, and you can't believe it, you know? And then you make every kind of toasted sandwich there is, you have toasted sandwich parties. You make Marmite and cheese, chocolate and...
Tim : Pilchards.
Daisy : Banana and...
Bilbo : Acorns.
Daisy : Acorns. And then as quickly as the desire comes, it just goes. And then you put the toaster sandwich maker away. And, you know what?
Tim : What?
Daisy : You don't miss it.
Bilbo : So what you're saying is 'Don't hide the toasted sandwich maker away, use him regularly and you'll get the most out of him'.
Tim : No, she's saying 'Chuck your boyfriend, have a sandwich'.
I’ll salute you now colonel, that’s amazing.
You're welcome
used to have one of the sealed triangle ones when I was younger, you end up with crusts as hard as concrete, and the heat all trapped inside so it’s like eating a pop tart, you burn your mouth. Much prefer the flat version we have now.
This X 1000. The old crimped triangles were abominable.
vial stuff
That the Big Pharma version?
Yes, I thought it came in tins.
Anyone remember Toast Toppers? Excellent way to ruin a toastie
The George Foreman Grill gets dragged out for toastie making (about the only thing it is used for!). Non sealed edges of sandwich reduces the risk of hard crusts and a pocket of lava inside as the cheese oozes! Non buttered outside, usually Ham and Cheddar with some Nando's hot sauce for a dirty fix after a boggin' ride.
Sandwich out and on the plate, move the George over the sink and wipe down with a wet sponge before it has chance to cool too much and go crusty, job jobbed!
Turkey
Cranberry
Bacon
Brie
Yes, all in the same sandwhich.
Was just thinking about that, we used to have one of the sealed triangle ones when I was younger, you end up with crusts as hard as concrete, and the heat all trapped inside so it’s like eating a pop tart, you burn your mouth. Much prefer the flat version we have now.
But they are the better filling - the melted cheese tastes better than the flat version!
violife vegan cheese slices.
tastes like crappy American cheese, but melts so well in a toastie.
best accompanied with veggie haggis.
I see your George Forman grille - or the George Formby as my ex used to call it - and take pleasure in introducing you to the:
https://www.tefal.co.uk/optigrill
Similar to a Formby but you can take the grill plates off and chuck them in the washer and (crucially for me) it tells you when the food is cooked. Great for chicken / steaks / etc (especially if you're a rubbish cook like me) and superb for a toasty.
Ham and cheese for the win naturally but try it with a bit of continental influence by making it as an eggy bread ham n cheese toasty. Croque Monsieur if you will. It's the future, nothing sorts out a bad night's sleep quicker than one for breakfast. You're welcome! Enjoy them while you can, anything as knowingly non British may be banned post brexit.....
Can we all just take a moment to quietly contemplate the patron saint of the cheese toastie*
* The ones that you hanker after when you've just got in from the pub, anyway. With Warbies bread, mature cheddar, corned beef and onion
The "toasted special" often the only food available in a pub in Ireland (as opposed to an "Irish Pub"), cheddar, ham, tomato & diced onion, on standard white sliced bread with the internal temp of molten lava. Accompanied by a packet of Tayto Cheese & Onion Crisps and Guinness.
@ElVino - in present circumstances that sounds like it would definitely qualify as a 'substantial' meal. It also sounds like a dream combination
Can we all just take a moment to quietly contemplate the patron saint of the cheese toastie*
I'm sorry, does that stuff come with shandy?
Do you use Kraft's other products to make your toastie?
Propper condiments are made in factories that look like this
The smell alone could cure a hangover whilst walking down to uni.
Streetview tells me they've gentrified the area by knocking down the garage and putting up an information board. Presumably to tell people with no sense of smell how awesome it is.
Wouldn't dream of Hendersons relish on my toastie however it just been liberally splashed all over my home made meat and potato pie with mushy peas😁
Mayo on the outside prior to toasting (Trust me)
Fillings all depend what is in the fridge. There is basically no bad tostie.
Smoked cheddar and mushroom was a particularly good one.
Wrong side of the border. There’s been wars started over less 😉
I alternate between Worcester sauce and this (when I remember to pick some up when they’re open) from the right side of the border
Which is made 500 yards away from my house, who also do awesome pies! 😃
Ambrosia creamed rice and maltesers - okay I was drunk and it was a long time ago but I maintain it was my masterpiece 😂
Cheddar cheese and cold baked beans forced into the opening after the first bite for me but then I am a wrong un.
This morning I woke to the smell of fresh sourdough coming out of the oven and Madam Vader cooling loaves. By lunch time I could resist no longer. Sliced East Coast Cured saucisson sec and Lidl finest mancheggo, slipped between the buttered sourdough and slapped in a hot pan. My delight knew no bounds. Without hesitation, the finest toastie I have eaten, and I have eaten a lot.
Peak. Middle. Class
Keep it classic with cheese and ham, or cheese and tomato. Do like to go all middle class occasionally with a cheese and ham croissant!
I do feel a little bit Elvis-near-the-end.
That is a phrase I want to use in conversation.
I still have nightmares about cheese and bean toasties and the carnage that they would inflict on my mouth as I ate them. Even leaving them for ages does not stop the molten contents from blistering the roof of your mouth.
Still taste amazing though.
fresh sourdough coming out of the oven and Madam Vader cooling loaves. By lunch time I could resist no longer. Sliced East Coast Cured saucisson sec and Lidl finest mancheggo, slipped between the buttered sourdough and slapped in a hot pan. My delight knew no bounds. Without hesitation, the finest toastie I have eaten, and I have eaten a lot
I'm sorry. This thread is about toasties. What you have described sounds absolutely lovely but it really is not a toastie in the usual sense of the word.
Like giving the recipe for beef wellington and then call it a sausage roll.
I’m sorry. This thread is about toasties. What you have described sounds absolutely lovely but it really is not a toastie in the usual sense of the word.
Does it have to be made in a toastie machine to be a toastie? What’s the definition? Prior to nicking the Missus’ George Forman, I had to resort to a griddle pan and wooden spatula for a toastie fix. Arguably the above is still a toastie, just more Shoreditch...
Cheese, ham, Stokes sticky pickle.
I once tried to do a Hawaiian toastie, ham, cheese and pineapple. The boiling pineapple juice, as I bit into it, will stay with me forever. Serves me right really.
Nowadays I reckon I’d go for mozzarella and Devil’s Mortar.
Spicy, spreadable sausagey goodness
Let me introduce you to the panini press, a part baked baguette, chilli, cheese and corned beef.
Press down on the panini press to flatten the baguette as it cooks. I have lived on variations of this since March.
Ham, cheese, mushroom with a liberal splash of Worcestershire sauce (its my home county after all). Buttered outside not inside, and Heinz baked beans on the side for dunking duties. If I'm feeling daring it might also contain red onion. Not done in a breville, but on a flat plate contact grill.
Cheap Tefal non stick frying pan for toasties, nae mess.
Yep, and as above a little Mayo on the outside so it browns really nicely. I do love a nice grilled cheese and ham sandwich.
I went for a run at the weekend, the kind where I was hungry half way round and fixated on the food I'd have when home. That food was a ham, cheese and onion toastie with gherkins on the side and split pea soup to dip. Ooosht. Its that time of year.
When I find the time and motivation, I need to try a bombay toastie.
thegeneralist
I’m sorry. This thread is about toasties. What you have described sounds absolutely lovely but it really is not a toastie in the usual sense of the word.Like giving the recipe for beef wellington and then call it a sausage roll.
Hear hear!
Butter on the outside, stuffed full of mincemeat on the inside. Dust with sugar when it comes out of the Breville. Instant hot mince pie.
You can all thank me later.
Seasonal special. Mince pie toastie. Butter the bread. Place the pie on the bread. Punch the pie. Add mature cheddar.
Cook and rejoice.
fixated on the food I’d have when home
Every winter road ride I've ever done.
Panini you said? Little cafe in Bridgnorth used to do a toasted panini that launched itself immediately into my Top Three Sarnies Of All Time*
Panini, spread two halfs inside with basil pesto, then stack grilled aubergine slices, fresh tomato slices, a little ground black pepper, olive oil drizzle, then top off with a good slice or three of goats cheese (rind off).
Toast that *******.
* Other two were:
- A proper toasted reuben with dill pickle slices
- Cheddar and spanish onion on crusty white.
Are some people seriously putting forward the notion that if you haven't got a sandwich toasting machine, that you can't be experiencing the unadulterated joy of a toasted sandwich? Really??
I am shocked.
It's 2020 for god's sake.