RECIPE | SEASONaL TOASTIE
Serves 4 people
Ingredients
150g swiss brown mushrooms finely chopped
200g potato, cubed
½ lemon rind
200g raclette sliced, rind on
300g That’s Amore cows milk mozzarella (fior di latte) if you can’t find this, use scamorza
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 teaspoon fresh chopped thyme
8 slices of bread
Butter
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Place mushrooms in a tray and coat in a small amount of olive oil with a pinch of salt and pepper.
In a separate tray, coat the potatoes in olive oil and a pinch of salt.
Roast the mushrooms until almost dehydrated - around 15 minutes.
Roast the potatoes until tender - also around 15 minutes.
Mix the grated lemon rind, roasted potatoes, mushrooms and fresh thyme together, smashing the potatoes in to a chunky paste.
Once cool, add in the shredded mozzarella.
To assemble, butter the outsides of all the slices of bread.
Divide the mushroom, potato and cheese mix evenly between all 4 sandwiches.
Place your bottom piece of bread, butter-side down on a plate, and spread the mix to the edges of the bread.
Place a 50g slice of raclette per sandwich on top of the mix.
Close your toastie with a second piece of bread, butter-side up.
Toast in a preheated sandwich press for 5 min, flipping half way to get an even toast and making sure the cheese is completely melted.
Sprinkle with a little river salt and some fresh thyme.
Cut in half to serve