Luxury Cheese Toast

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 slice bread (any type)
• 1 teaspoon tomato puree (or tomato paste)
• 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon dried herbs (any combination)
• 1/4 garlic clove, crushed very finely
• tabasco sauce, to taste
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1/2 ounce cheddar cheese, cut very thinly (good quality, mature, i use a potato peeler)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the grill (broiler?). meanwhile, mix together the ricotta, herbs, tiny amount of garlic, tabasco sauce, salt and pepper.
• 2 grill the bread on one side, until it is your preferred colour.
• 3 turn the bread over and grill very lightly on the other side, so that the bread is only just beginning to change colour.
• 4 spread a very, very thin layer of tomato purée over the lightly-cooked side. too much tomato purée is not pleasant!
• 5 spread the ricotta mixture over the tomato purée.
• 6 put a single thin layer of cheddar cheese on top - i use a potato peeler to slice the cheese very thinly.
• 7 grill until the cheese has melted and the whole sandwich is hot.
• 8 if necessary, trim off the burnt crusts!