Cheese Bread Bake

Category: Hot Snacks

Serve with a tomato salad.

Servings

Serves 2

Ingredients

225g/8oz leeks, sliced
25g/1oz butter
8 thick slices bread from a large loaf
Butter or low fat spread
125g/5oz Cheddar cheese, grated
2 eggs
450ml/3/4pt skimmed milk
1tsp mustard
Good pinch of cayenne pepper
Salt and pepper

Method

Lightly fry the leeks and apple slices in the butter until soft. Toast the bread slices on one side and lightly spread the untoasted side with butter or low fat spread. Cut into fingers. Place one third of the bread, toasted side down, in a 1.5L /3pt shallow ovenproof dish. Cover with one third of the leeks and a third of the cheese. Repeat layers finishing with cheese. Beat eggs, milk, mustard, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper together and strain over the leek and cheese mixture. Bake in a moderate oven 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4 for about 45 mins until golden and risen. Serve with a tomato salad. PER SERVING 1266 Kcal, fat 78.7g, saturated fat 45g, salt 5.1g, carbohydrate 93.8g, sugar 21g, fibre 13.7g

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