05/08 PRESSED FOR TIME
Time goes by so slowly for those who wait. Those who run have all the fun - apparently. This also means that there is no time to slowly lounge around the kitchen so when the going gets tough you gotta get going. Nothing more instant than a grilled cheese sandwich and nothing more satisfying either.
However I've always had a couple of niggles, namely the stodgy feel if there isn't anything to counter the oozy cheesy breadiness. Also they need a boost to make them the instant recharge you need. Problem solved! Instead of loading the sandwich up with tomato and other things, which end up getting weighed down in cheese an egg cracked into the middle cooks gloriously. A tomato on the side tricks your brain into health mode... sort of. Either way its delicious and immediate, when all hung up this is what to do.
1 Egg
2 Slices ANY bread
50g(ish) cheese
Mustard
Butter
Tomato
Salt + Pepper
What I did -
So long as you have a scalding iron grill there is no way to mess this recipe up. Separate the two pieces of bread and butter the top of the top slice. Add a thin smear of mustard to the bottom layer. Lay the cheese evenly over the yellow spread. Make sure the grill is ready to go the put the cheese base on.
With the Heat filtering through crack the egg carefully in the middle, salt & pepper it. If it tries to escape just hold it in place until you can squash the top of the sandwich on. The yolk should crack with the pressure of the grill lid applied - yellow goo will sizzle from the crusts. As this cooks the cheese and egg will amalgamate and become one oozing hot mess.
Can't really over cook this so keep it spluttering in the grip until it looks enticingly burnished. Serve with a tomato diced on the side, sprinkled with salt and pepper. (you can cook it together but it makes the sandwich soggy and tomato scalding and watery).
JG
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