Cheese and onion giant crumpet toastie
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 3
Ingredients
- 1 shallot, grated
- 75g mature cheddar, grated
- 50g emmental, grated
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 tbsp onion chutney or onion marmalade
- 4 giant crumpets
- 1 tbsp soft butter
Method
- STEP 1
In a bowl, mix the shallot, grated cheeses, mustard, chutney, some freshly ground pepper and the tiniest pinch of salt, and mash everything together.
- STEP 2
Pile the cheese mix on the holey sides of two of the crumpets and sandwich the other two crumpets on top.
- STEP 3
Spread some butter over the crumpet tops, flip and spread the butter over the bottoms too.
- STEP 4
Heat a wide, non-stick, ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat and heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
- STEP 5
Put the two sandwiches into the pan and fry until the underside is golden brown and crisp.
- STEP 6
Flip the sandwiches, and sit a heavy, smaller pan on top of the crumpets with a can of something to weigh it down and squish the sandwiches.
- STEP 7
Once golden and crisp, remove the weighing pan, flip the crumpets and cook in the oven for 5 minutes.
- STEP 8
When the cheese is melted, quarter and eat straight away.
