Toasted Cheese with a ‘Crown’

Filling, delicious and nutritious, our Hearty Vegetable Soup is 100% plant-based, gluten and preservative-free. Besides, it’s comfort food nirvana when served with this oozy, Toasted Cheese with a Crown!

Ingredients

2 Tbsp butter, softened
4 thick slices of bread
3 cups grated Cheddar cheese (use 1 and ½ per toastie)
2 Tbsp Pesto Princess Basil Pesto
Pesto Princess Hearty Vegetable Soup

How to

Butter the sliced bread on both sides. On one side, spread Pesto Princess Basil Pesto and then pile a handful (about ½ cup) of cheese onto this pesto-buttered side. Place the other slice on top so that you have a sandwich.
Heat a frying pan to medium heat and fry the sandwich on each side until toasted and golden brown (about two to three minutes a side).
Remove the toastie from the pan and set aside. Sprinkle one cup of grated cheese directly into the frying pan and cook for about a minute to create a rough circle which will become the ‘crown’.
Place the toastie in the centre of the melted cheese circle such that it sticks, and let things bubble for a few seconds.
Using an egg-lifter, take the toastie, complete with crown, out of the pan and hold mid air for a little while – this will allow the cheese to crisp up so that the crown stands firm.