Bagel Toast
If you've got sesame bagels, soft white cheese and sliced yellow cheese, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 65 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and grill / broiler. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (7)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian β no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Dairy Sesame
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How to make it
- Preheat a sandwich press, panini grill or the oven to 200 C (400 F) and split each bagel in half horizontally through the middle.
- Spread the soft white cheese evenly over all the cut bagel halves, then dot or streak a little ketchup over the bottom halves.
- Pit and slice the green olives, thinly slice the tomato and red onion, and drain the sweetcorn well so the toast does not turn soggy.
- Lay a slice of yellow cheese on each bottom half, then arrange the tomato, onion, olives and sweetcorn on top and season lightly with salt, pepper and oregano.
- Cap each one with its top half, cut side down, pressing gently so the fillings hold together.
- Toast in the press for 4 to 5 minutes, or bake in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until the bagels are golden and crisp and the cheese has fully melted.
- Let the bagel toasts rest for a minute so the molten cheese sets slightly, then cut in half and serve hot.
You'll use: Oven Β· Grill / broiler Β· Pan
Tips & common questions
How long does Bagel Toast take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish β an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes β use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Bagel Toast vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Bagel Toast is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Bagel Toast.jpg (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure β how we source recipes.