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Inside-out Bolognese cheese toastie

Where would Australia be without the Bolognese toastie? It’s fed generations of children since the 1970s.

  • serves

    4

  • prep

    5 minutes

  • cook

    15 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

4

people

preparation

5

minutes

cooking

15

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 500 g (2 cups) cold leftover Bolognese sauce
  • 330 g (2½ cups) shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 8 thin slices white bread
  • 50 g butter, softened
  • 50 g (½ cup) grated parmesan

Instructions

  1. Mix the Bolognese sauce and 200 g (1½ cups) mozzarella together. Place half the bread slices on a board and divide the Bolognese sauce between them. Butter one side of the remaining bread slices and scatter each with a generous amount of parmesan, pressing it into the butter. Place that on top of the Bolognese mixture with the cheese facing out.
  2. Heat a small non–stick frying pan over low-medium heat (or have a couple of frying pans on the go at the same time) and fry one sandwich, parmesan – side down for about 3 minutes with a weight on top until the cheese is browned. Remove the sandwich from the pan.
  3. Sprinkle about ¼ cup of the remaining mozzarella into the pan in a mound about the same size as the toastie.
  4. Place the sandwich, uncooked side down into the pan on top of the cheese and fry for a further 2-3 minutes or until the cheese is golden and the sandwich filling has melted. Repeat for the remaining toasties.
 

Photography by Danielle Abou Karam.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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cooking • 
25m
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Published 20 November 2023 2:13pm
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