Ham, cheese and cucumber sandwiches
A lunchbox classic with an apple on the side.
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Ingredients
- Sliced wholemeal bread400 g
- Cooked ham slices150 g
- Mature Cheddar100 g
- Cucumber½ cucumber
- Apples4 apples
- Butter25 g
Also uses from the cupboard: table salt, ground black pepper. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Gluten, Milk.
Always check the label. Products vary by shop and brand, so check what you actually buy for allergens and anything else you avoid.
Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Thinly slice the cheese and the cucumber.100 g mature cheddar½ cucumber
- Lay the bread out in pairs and spread thinly with butter if you are using it. Butter right to the edges: it stops the bread going soggy by lunchtime.400 g sliced wholemeal bread25 g butter
- Fill with ham, cheese and cucumber, press the tops on and cut in half.150 g cooked ham slices
- Wrap up or pack into lunchboxes with an apple each.4 apples
Pat the cucumber dry with kitchen paper so the bread stays fresh until lunch.
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