Jamie Oliver has shared his recipe for the perfect cheese toastie - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Jamie Oliver has shared his recipe for the perfect cheese toastie By You Magazine - June 5, 2020 Yesterday marked National Cheese Day, and to celebrate the occasion celebrity chef Jamie Oliver decided to share his recipe for creating the ultimate cheese toastie. Getty Images There are myriad ways to elevate the humble grilled cheese from a quick bog-standard snack to gastronomic levels (even Jamie was impressed with the gourmet versions created by the MasterChef Australia contestants on Thursday night). Getty Images But Jamie’s version, while it may seem longwinded at first is actually very simple and guarantees a toastie that’s ‘crispy, gooey, fluffy, golden perfection’. We trust in the chef that his version is the key to ultimate cheesy success – it even has an actual crown of cheese. Getty Images Jamie Oliver’ s cheese toastie recipe MAKES 1 SANDWICH INGREDIENTS Two slices of white bread Butter Cheddar cheese Red Leicester cheese Cayenne pepper Condiments of your choice (Jamie uses brown sauce, ketchup and mango chutney) METHOD Spread a thin layer of butter on both sides of each slice of bread. Grate a generous amount of both cheeses. Pile a handful of cheese onto one slice of your buttered bread and place the other slice on top, giving it a good squeeze together. Put a frying pan on a low to medium heat and place your toastie in the pan (Jamie says this is the perfect temperature for getting the outsides golden and the middle ‘oozy’). Place weights on top of the bread (a couple full condiment bottles will do) and cook for about three minutes or until golden, before flipping, weighing down and leaving for another three minutes on the other side. Take the sandwich out of the pan and, keeping it on the heat, grate a layer of cheese straight into the frying pan, covering the whole of the bottom. Take your sandwich and place it back in the pan on top of the bubbling cheese. Cook for about a minute and a half, adding a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper to the bubbling cheese during this time. Take a metal spatula and push the cheese towards the sandwich, then get underneath it and slowly raise it out of the pan, holding it for 30 seconds to let the cheese set – this creates your cheese crown. Sprinkle a bit more cheese into the pan, just in the middle this time, and place your toastie on top of it (crown facing up). Once cooked, leave it for 2 minutes before eating ‘because inside that toastie, the cheese is a billion degrees celsius,’ Jamie warns. Serve with brown sauce, ketchup and mango chutney. Slice toastie in half and enjoy! Perfection. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved