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Cheese toasts for soup

Slices of white bread are buttered and covered with grated cheese mixed with stiffly whisked egg white, then baked in a hot oven until pale golden brown. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 88.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 88 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The cheese toasts appear among the soup accompaniments in the 1949 edition.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Slice the bread

    Cut the crust off the bread and slice it ½ cm thick. Spread one side fairly thickly with butter.

  2. 2

    Make the cheese mixture

    Gently stir the grated cheese into the stiffly whisked egg white.

  3. 3

    Spread and bake

    Spread the cheese mixture in a 1 cm layer over the buttered bread. Place the slices on a sheet and bake in a hot oven until pale golden brown.

Changes from the original

Quantities are unchanged. «Hot oven» is not converted because the text gives neither time nor temperature.

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Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 88)~74% of the text changedremovedadded
franskbrød (mengde ikke oppgitt). Franskbrød 100 g smør. gr. smør 100 g gr. skarp ost (revet). 1 stk eggehvite (stivvispet). Skjær skorpen av franskbrødet eggekviте Brødet fraskjæres skorpen, og skjær det skjæres i skiver på ½ cm. tykke skiver. Smør skivene ganske smøres litt tykt med smør på den ene siden.. Rør den side. Den revne osten lett sammen med den ost og stivvispede eggehviten.. Stryk osteblandingen eggehvite røres lett sammen, og denne røre strykes i et lag på 1 cm cm. tykt lag over det smurte brødet. Legg skivene påsmurte brød. Legges på en plate plate, og sett dem settes i varm ovn til de brødskivene er lyse gulbrune.

Note on Modernised

Mengdene er uendret. «Varm ovn» er ikke omregnet siden teksten ikke gir tid eller temperatur.

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Frequently asked questions

How thick should the bread slices be?
According to Erken they are cut ½ cm thick.
What should the finished toasts look like?
They are baked until the slices are pale golden brown.

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