Cheesy Pepper Toasty

A well made Toasty can win over almost anyone. They can be had for tea or breakfast or as an anytime snack.

If the toasty has a cheese filling, then that makes it really special. The surprise after biting into a toasty with stringy cheese oozing out of it is unparalleled.

In this recipe, I have combined peppers and onion with mozzarella cheese. A hint of potato binds all the flavours together.

My mom had a hand held toasty maker that could make just two at a time. It had a long handle and had to be held over the flame to toast the sandwich inside. That is actual food history! We have all kinds of toasters and grillers to do the job now.

Remember to serve it hot or warm. Only then will the magic with the cheese happen!

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Cheesy Pepper Toasty                           Makes 6

Ingredients:

Bell peppers(Red and Yellow) + Capsicum – 1 ½ cup (chopped into long pieces)

Onion – 1 medium (sliced)

 Bread slices – 6

Mozzarella (grated) – about a cup

Boiled grated potato – 3 to 4 tblsp

Pepper (coarsely crushed) – ½ tsp

Mixed herbs – ¾ tsp

Stir fry sauce – 1 tblsp

Sweet chili sauce – 1 tblsp

Light soy sauce – 1 ½ tsp

Butter – 2 tblsp

Extra virgin olive oil – 4 tblsp

Salt – as required    

Toasty maker

Method:

1.    Add ½ tsp salt to the bell peppers, capsicum and onion and mix together. Keep aside for 5 to 7 mins.

2.    In a bowl mix together Stir fry sauce, Sweet chili sauce and Light soy sauce. Keep aside.

3.    Once the peppers and onion will released some water. Squeeze them to get rid of the water. Keep them in a dry bowl.

4.    Heat about 1 ½ tblsp of olive oil in a pan. Add in the peppers and onion. Fry on high heat for a minute and a half. Add in the pepper and mixed herbs and also the sauce mix. Turn off the heat. Mix everything together.

5.    Add in 3 tblsp of potato, season it with salt. Mix well with the pepper and onions. Keep aside to cool.

6.    For the sandwich, lay a piece of bread on a board or plate. Add about 2 tblsp of the pepper filling on it. Spread it out evenly. Add 2 tblsp (or more if you want) of the Mozzarella cheese over it and spread it out evenly. Cover with another slice of bread and press down to form the sandwich. (You should be able to get 3 such sandwiches from this recipe.)

7.    Preheat the toasty maker.

8.    In a bowl, take 2 tblsp of butter and 2 tblsp of olive oil and heat it to melt the butter. Once the toasty maker has heated up, brush it lightly with the oil butter mix. Place the sandwiches in the slots and cook till they are crispy on the outside.

9.    Serve the Cheesy Pepper Toasties warm with ketchup.

 

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