Gruyere, Chicken and Pesto Toastie

Prep: 5 minutes

Cook: 6 minutes

Serves: 2

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Recipe by: Breville

This recipe uses the Breville Quick Touch™ Crisp Microwave - crisps and browns foods that normally become soggy from standard microwave reheating

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Gruyere, Chicken and Pesto Toastie

Ingredients:

2 slices good quality sourdough bread, cut into 1cm thick slices

Softened butter

1 tablespoon pesto

80g cooked chicken, shredded

40g sliced gruyere cheese

Method:

For best results use the Breville Quick Touch™ - Crisp microwave.
Butter one side of each slice of bread evenly with softened butter and lay fiat onto work surface, butter side down
Spread one slice with pesto and top with shredded chicken and gruyere cheese. Cover with second buttered slice and press down gently
Select COOK/GRILL setting. Turn FOOD dial to GRILLED CHEESE and press START to confirm selection
The PREHEAT PAN option will appear. Turn TIME/FOOD dial to toggle to YES. Press START to confirm selection.
The microwave will prompt you to insert the empty crisper pan. Insert pan in the upper position. Press START to begin preheating for 3 minutes, time will begin to countdown
Once the pan has completed preheating, open door and remove hot crisper pan with oven-proof mitts and place toastie onto crisper pan and return to turntable.
Close door and turn AMOUNT dial to select 1. Press START to begin cooking
Halfway through cooking cycle, microwave will beep and flash "stir and turn". Open door and turn toastie over. Press START to continue cooking
Once cooking has finished, carefully remove hot crisper pan from microwave using oven-proof mitts and allow toastie to stand for 2-3 minutes; cut in half and serve immediately