Truffle and Cheese Toastie

 

Cheese and Truffle toasties cut in half and wrapped with baking paper and kitchen string.

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 8 Slices of Sourdough
  • 50g Butter
  • 120g Fontina Cheese
  • 120g Cheddar Cheese
  • 35g Fresh Black Truffle
  • Salt and Pepper

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.  

  2. Butter both sides of each bread slice.
     
     
  3. Grate the fontina cheese and place it on top of 4 of the bread slices. Then add the cheddar cheese. 

  4. Using a truffle slicer or a microplane, finely slice or grate the truffle on top of the cheese, season with salt and pepper, and place the other sourdough slice on top. 

  5. Bring a large frying pan to medium heat. Place 2 of the sandwiches in the pan and cook for 3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Place them on a baking tray and repeat with the remaining 2 sandwiches
     
  6. Place them in the oven for 5 minutes until the cheese is fully melted. 

  7. Cut the sandwiches in half, season with a pinch of salt, and garnish with as many slices of truffle as desired. 

 

Empty truffle toastie plate with remaining baking paper tied with kitchen twine.  Half a fresh black truffle in the background and a cheese rind in the foreground.

Ingredients for Truffle and Cheese Toastie

Harris Farm Butter Salted 250g

$4.29 ea
 
 

Lurpak Butter Slightly Salted 250g

$5.80 ea
 

Lurpak Butter Unsalted 250g

$5.80 ea
 

Sonoma Sliced Country White Sourdough 640g

$6.49 ea
 

Ballantyne Butter Salted Traditional 250g

$6.79 ea
 
 
 

New Zealand Tasty Cheddar Cheese 450-650g

$13.64 ea
$20.99
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sonoma Sliced Rye Spelt Sourdough 610g

$7.99 ea
 
 

Real Tasty Cheddar Cheese Block 250g

$5.50 ea
 
 

Real Tasty Cheddar Cheese Block 500g

$9.50 ea
 

Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 240g

$7.99 ea
 
 
 

Chef's Choice Himalayan Pink Fine Salt 1kg

$5.99 ea
 

Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 125g

$5.99 ea
 

Chef's Choice Himalayan Pink Rock Salt 1kg

$5.99 ea
 

Westminster Mature Cheddar Cheese 150g

$5.00 ea
 
 

Latteria Soresina Butter 250g

$3.99 ea
 
 
 
 

Sonoma Spelt Sourdough 620g

$7.99 ea
 
 

Udder Delights Mature Cheddar Cheese 200g

$9.99 ea
 
 
 

Coppertree Farms Butter Salted 200g

$4.99 ea
 
 

Black Jack Vintage Cheddar Cheese 180-250g

$12.50 ea
$49.99
 
 
 
 

King Island Vintage Black Wax Cheddar 150g-200g

$12.00 ea
$59.99
 
 

Olssons Sea Salt Flake 250g

$7.99 ea
 

Golden Shore Evaporated Sea Salt 1kg

$2.49 ea
 

Motherstone Sourdough 700g

$5.69 ea