Name: Traditional braaibroodjie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Braai
Ingredients: 12 bread slices; butter; chutney; 1 onion sliced into rings; 240 g cheddar cheese sliced or grated; 2 tomatoes sliced - you want 2 slices per braaibroodjie; salt and pepper to taste

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Ingredients (7)

12	bread slices
	butter
	chutney
1	onion — sliced into rings
240 g	cheddar cheese — sliced or grated
2	tomatoes — sliced - you want 2 slices per braaibroodjie
	salt and pepper to taste

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Method:

Build the braaibroodjies: Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread. The buttered sides will face outward once you’ve assembled the braaibroodjies. You always butter a braaibroodjie on the outside. Place 6 slices of bread, buttered-side down, on a cutting board. Spread chutney on each slice and top with the sliced onion, grated cheese and sliced tomato. Grind over some salt and pepper, then cover with the remaining slices of bread, buttered sides facing outwards.

Braaibroodjies is draaibroodies’: Braaibroodjies are braaied in a closed, hinged grid and should be turned often. Try to use a grid with adjustable heights, to compress each braaibroodjie perfectly. You want gentle, medium-paced heat and the grid should be nice and high. Your aim is for the cheese to be melted and all the other fillings to be completely heated through by the time the bread is golden brown.

Once done, slice each braaibroodjie in half diagonally and serve immediately.

Recipe extract from Jan Braai Junior, published by Penguin Random House South Africa.