Brêckie Braaibroodjie Breakfast Melt

Ingredients

• 8 slices white or brown bread
• 8 rashers streaky bacon
• 4 eggs
• 200 g mature cheddar cheese, grated
• 2 tsp BlixSam Brêckie Spice
• Butter, for spreading
• 2 spring onions, finely sliced

• 2 large onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• ½ tsp BlixSam Brêckie Spice

• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tsp mustard
• ½ tsp BlixSam Brêckie Spice

Method

1. Melt the butter in a frying pan and slowly fry the onions until soft and golden.
2. Add the brown sugar and ½ tsp Brêckie Spice and cook for another 2–3 minutes until beautifully caramelised.
3. Fry the bacon until crispy and set aside.
4. Fry the eggs until the whites are cooked but the yolks are still slightly soft.
5. Mix all the Creamy Brêckie Sauce ingredients together.
6. Butter one side of each slice of bread.
7. Turn four slices butter-side down and spread the inside generously with Creamy Brêckie Sauce.
8. Layer with cheddar, caramelised onion, crispy bacon and a fried egg.
9. Sprinkle each egg lightly with BlixSam Brêckie Spice and spring onion.
10. Add another layer of cheddar and close with the remaining bread, butter-side facing outward.
11. Place in a braai grid and toast over medium coals, turning regularly, until the bread is crisp and golden and the cheese has melted.
12. Slice diagonally and serve immediately.

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