Name: Creamed corn and cheddar toasties with pickled onions
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 110 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 12 thick slices rye bread; For spreading: softened butter; 24 thin slices vintage cheddar; To serve: pickled onions; Creamed corn; 2 tbsp olive oil; 20 gm butter; 1 onion, finely chopped; ½ garlic clove, finely chopped; 4 corn cobs, kernels removed; 250 ml (1 cup) pouring cream; 3 thyme sprigs; Finely grated rind of 1 lemon

Creamed corn and cheddar toasties with pickled onions

Australian Gourmet Traveller sandwich recipe for creamed corn and cheddar toasties with pickled onions.

Serves 6

Prep

20M

Cook

1H 50M

Total

2H 10M

Ingredients

12 thick slices rye bread

For spreading: softened butter

24 thin slices vintage cheddar

To serve: pickled onions

Creamed corn

2 tbsp olive oil

20 gm butter

1 onion, finely chopped

½ garlic clove, finely chopped

4 corn cobs, kernels removed

250 ml (1 cup) pouring cream

3 thyme sprigs

Finely grated rind of 1 lemon

Method

Main

1.For creamed corn, heat oil and butter in a saucepan until butter foams, add onion and garlic, stir occasionally until golden (6-8 minutes). Add corn kernels, cream, thyme and 500ml water, season to taste, bring to the boil, reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer until corn is very tender (1¼-1½ hours). Process in a food processor to a coarse purée, return to pan, stir occasionally until thick (4-5 minutes). Stir in lemon rind, season to taste, set aside.

2.Heat a sandwich press to medium-high heat (see note). Spread bread slices with butter, then turn half the slices butter-side down. Spread thickly with creamed corn, top with cheese slices, season to taste then sandwich with remaining bread slices, butter-side up. Toast in sandwich press, in batches, until cheese melts and bread is golden (4-5 minutes), then serve hot with pickled onions.

If you don’t have a sandwich press, pan-fry sandwiches in a frying pan over medium-high heat, then warm through in a hot oven.
This recipe is from the August 2012 issue of
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Drink Suggestion: Perfumed India pale ale. Drink suggestion by Max Allen
Notes