'Cheese and more cheese' Breakfast & Lunch Sandwiches - day 29 of 100 food stories.

Hole - in - One grilled cheese with tomato, jam and O’Neill's crispy bacon.

​Today we are looking at a Breakfast/Brunch Sandwich and a Vegetarian Lunch choice.

Sandwich number 1

​Hole - in - One grilled cheese with tomato, jam and O’Neill's crispy bacon.

Ingredients. 1 portion:
3 slices of granary bread.
2 back rashers.
50 grms grated cheddar.
A good knob of butter (or duck fat )
1 egg.
 A handful of chopped scallions.

Tomato Jam. Makes 10 portions:
Store in the fridge for 1 month.
6 tomatoes cut in half.
50 mls of olive oil.
1 red onion, chopped.
1 sprig of thyme.
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped.
1 chilli, descended & finely chopped.1 tablespoon tomato purée.
50 grms brown sugar.
50 grms balsamic vinegar.
Salt & pepper.

Method:

1. Put tomatoes in a roasting tray with 25 mis of olive oil & pop into a preheated oven @ 190cen & roast for 20minutes.
2. Heat  the remaining 25 mls of oil in a pan & sweat off (cook without colour) the onion, thyme & garlic for a few minutes. Then add the chilli, roasted tomatoes, sugar, vinegar & season. Bring to the boil & simmer for 45mins.
3. Strain & put into sterilised jar, cover & cool.

Sandwich:

1. Set up three slices of bread. Cut out a hole (enough to fit the egg) on on slice.
2. Grill the rashers & grate the cheese.
3. Spread two of the slices of bread generously with the tomato jam. Put 1 rasher & 1/2 cheese on each slice.
4. Heat the butter or duck fat in a pan. Lightly fry the slice of bread with the hole, flip over & break the egg in.
5. Sandwich the other 2 slices & slip them onto the pan, press down well & then flip over.  Spread the top with more jam. Press down again and then carefully with a fish slice place the hole in one with the egg on top.

Vegetarian lunchtime sandwich.

Sandwich number 2

Tower House Brown Bread with crushed avocado, Cajun coated Halloumi & fresh mango salsa.

Ingredients. Serves 2:
6 slices of Halloumi cheese.
Glug of rapeseed oil to fry the cheese.
1 teaspoon Cajun spice.
4 slices brown bread.
1 ripe avocado.
Juice of 1 lime.
1/2 fresh mango.
Dash of sweet chilli sauce.
A glug of olive oil.
Chopped coriander.
Salt & pepper.

Method:

1. Put the 4 slices of brown bread on the board.
2. Peel & press the avocado into the brown bread. Squirt with 1/2 lime juice.
3. Scatter the Cajun spice over the cheese. Heat a frying pan & pop the Halloumi slices in. Turn the heat right down.
4. Meanwhile peel & dice 1/2 mango. Pop into a bowl & add rest of the lime juice, chopped coriander , glug of olive oil, seasoning & sweet chilli sauce.
5. Top the avocado bread with the warm Halloumi and scatter over the mango salsa.