Braaibroodjies

Name: Braaibroodjies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 12 slices white bread; Soft butter, about 100 g (7 tablespoons); 6 tablespoons fruit chutney; 250 g (9 oz) cheddar cheese, sliced or grated; 3 ripe tomatoes, sliced; 1 onion, sliced into thin rings; Salt and black pepper

Grilled sandwiches of cheese, tomato, onion and chutney, toasted slowly over the last of the coals.

Coals: Low coals
Prep: 15 min
On the fire: 10 min
Serves: 6

Ingredients

12 slices white bread
Soft butter, about 100 g (7 tablespoons)
6 tablespoons fruit chutney
250 g (9 oz) cheddar cheese, sliced or grated
3 ripe tomatoes, sliced
1 onion, sliced into thin rings
Salt and black pepper

Method

Butter one side of every slice of bread. The buttered side goes on the outside.
Lay six slices butter side down. Spread each with chutney, then add cheese, tomato and onion. Season the tomato with salt and pepper.
Close each sandwich with a second slice, butter side out.
Pack the sandwiches into a hinged grid and close it so they are held firmly.
Cook over low coals for about 10 minutes, turning every minute or two. They burn quickly, so do not walk away.
Cut each in half and serve straight away.

Done when: both sides are golden and crisp and the cheese has melted all the way through.

Tips

Cook these last, when the meat is resting and the coals have died down. Low coals give the cheese time to melt before the bread burns.
A hinged grid makes turning easy. Without one, turn each sandwich with a wide spatula and press it down gently.
Mrs Ball's is the chutney most South Africans use. Any sweet fruit chutney, such as peach or mango, works.

A braaibroodjie (say bry-broo-key) is a sandwich cooked on the braai, and many people will tell you it is the best thing on the grid. The filling almost never changes: cheese, tomato, onion and chutney.