Bread Au Gratin

Shakespeare asked ‘what’s in a name?’ I am sure he would change his mind if he saw today’s world. The name makes so much of a difference. Even regular simple things are enhanced by a fancy name. Our curiosity is piqued, our temptations increase and we get that impulse to buy the fancy stuff just to see what the fuss is all about. Similarly when I heard the name of this dish on Venkatesh Baht’s show, I conjured up very droolworthy images in my head and wanted to try it immediately. Fortunately for me, the recipe is simple and I could rustle it up quickly.

On the show, he went on to make white sauce and sauté veggies and mix them and stuff them in the bread. I was lucky that I had some leftover pasta that I made for my daughter the previous day. I used that as the stuffing and finished the entire dish in a flash. So here goes –

Serves 2-3

WHAT WE NEED

Bread slices                                      6

Leftover pasta                                 1/2- 3/4 cup

Cheddar cheese, grated               5 tbsp

 

WHAT TO DO

• Preheat the oven to 250C
• Cut off the edges of all the bread slices
• Use a cookie cutter or small cup and cut a round shape at the centre of 3 of the bread slices such that it has a hole in the middle
• Place one such slice on top of a regular bread slice and make 3 such pairs of bread slices
• Fill each pair with the pasta till the hole in the top slice of the bread is full
• Top generously with grated cheese
• Bake for 6-7 minutes and broil for 3-4 minutes till the cheese starts to turn golden brown
• Slice them into two and serve warm with ketchup
• Enjoy!

This is part of the Bake-a-thon 2016

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