cheese toasty using almond bread

Croque Monsieur (cheese and ham toastie)

This is one of those ideas that had me giggling like a child and praising the Lord for showing me this WOE

You need:

1 quantity of cooked, cooled almond bread (150g ground almonds, 2 eggs, two tbs olive oil, 1 tbs groundnut oil, beaten together, baked at gas 4 for approx 20 mins in a non-stick tin - wet the back of a tablespoon and level the top before baking)

grated cheese - preferably gruyere but strong cheddar is fine

cream cheese

mustard

good quality thinly sliced ham

softened butter

groundnut oil for frying

Using the largest pastry cutter you have, stamp out as many rounds as you can from the bread, then carefully cut each round in half through the middle. Butter each one and lay butter-side-down on a board.

Mix together the cream cheese, grated cheese and mustard then spread on one half of the sandwich. Top with sliced ham and cover with the other half of the sandwich, butter side out. Press together as firmly as you can.

Heat a small splash of oil in a frying pan and fry gently over a low heat until golden on both sides and the filling is hot.