Next Level Cheese & Ham Toastie

Who doesn't love a toastie? They deserve a bit of pimping now and again.

Ingredients (to make 1 sandwich)

• 2 medium–thick slices bread

• Butter

• 1 slice ham

• Sliced gherkins (optional but breaks through the richness of the cheese)

• 1/2 tbsp soured cream

• 1/2 tbsp finely chopped chives or ½ finely chopped spring onion

• 25g grated cheddar, emmental, gruyère or red leicester (or a mixture)
  

Method

1. Butter each slice of bread on one side.

2. Make a filling by mixing the soured cream with the chives or spring onion.

3. Stir in the grated cheese.

4. Place the bread slices on a chopping board, buttered-side down.

5. Spread one with the cheese filling and lay the ham and gherkins on top of the other. In my pictures I added a cheeky extra slice of cheddar and used emmental in the filling. Go wild with your cheeses!

6. Put the cheesy-spread piece of bread on top of the other slice, buttered-side up.

7. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat.

8. Put the sandwiches in the pan and fry for about 3 minutes on one side, pressing down lightly with a spatula every so often.

9. Carefully turn over and fry for a further 2 minutes or until crisp and golden.