Brie & bacon toasties

Name: Brie & bacon toasties
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 thin rashers smoked bacon; 140 grams brie; 1 firm ripe pear; 2 slices thick slices of bread, preferably from an uncut granary or malted wheat loaf; 1 small handful pecan nuts (about 10); 1 handful a of rocket or watercress if you have it in the fridge, to serve

Brie & bacon toasties takes approximately 10 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe makes 2 servings with 475 calories, 21g of protein, and 37g of fat each. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up rashers bacon, brie, malted wheat loaf, and a few other things to make it today. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Tomato Soup With Cheese And Bacon Toasties, Cauliflower and Bacon Soup With Mustard Cheese Toasties, and Bacon and Brie Fettuccine.

Instructions

Set the grill on high and put a sheet of foil under the grill rack to catch any cooking juices and save on washing up later.

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Grill

Aluminum Foil

Lay the bacon on the rack and grill for 2 minutes. While it is grilling, slice the cheese (aim to get about 8 long slices) and core and slice the pear.

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Cheese

Bacon

Pear

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Grill

Put the slices of bread under the grill as well for just under a minute until the bread is evenly toasted on one side only. Keep an eye on it a whole minute is just that little bit too long and the bread may start to char.

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Bread

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Grill

Flick the bread over and cover the untoasted sides first with a layer of pear slices, then the grilled bacon and then the rest of the pear slices. Don't worry if it looks a little rough and ready it all adds to the effect. Drape the brie on top and scatter over the pecans, roughly breaking them with your fingers as you go.

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Pecans