Mellow garlic cheese on toast

Mellow garlic? Yes indeed! Par-boiling the garlic mellows it out and combines with grilled cheese on a baguette to make a tasty snack. Turns into a quick meal if you add some spinach leaves (necessary to counter-act the butter....)























Ingredients

(Serves 2)
Baguette sliced in half lengthwise

• 1 clove garlic
• Couple of slices of cheese (eg Vermont cheddar)
• Couple of slices of good ham (eg honey-mesquite)
• knob of butter
• olive oil
• Spinach leaves (optional)

1. Peel garlic and place in a sauce-pan with a cold water to cover











2. Bring water to boiling; then pour out water and replace with cold water; bring to boiling again then remove the garlic

3. Soften the butter in the microwave (use a bowl please, else it gets rather messy)

4. Add a dash of olive oil and the par-boiled garlic (use a press). Add a bit of freshly ground black pepper











5. Spread garlic butter mixture over the baguette











6. Place under the grill (broiler) until the bread is lightly toasted, then remove











7. Add slices of ham and cheese to baguette











8. Place under grill again until cheese is melted












9. Serve with spinach leaves. Voila!