Smažený Sýr - Czech fried cheese

Having started a trip down memory lane with bread dumplings I went on to make fried cheese like we had in Prague. This was my second favorite after goulash and dumplings. Apparently edam is a good cheese to use - although my memory of it in Prague was more often squares than triangles of cheese.

Edam cheese (or gouda or similar)
A few spoonfuls of flour
1 egg
Some breadcrumbs

It is a bit hard to judge how much flour and breadcrumb you need, depends on the size of your cheese. Enough to cover your slices of cheese all over.

Cut your cheese in to slices a bit less than 1cm thick
Put some flour on one plate, the egg in a bowl and the bread crumbs on another plate
Heat some oil in a pan (few mm deep) until it is reasonably hot but not smoking
Dip each slice of cheese in to the flour, then the egg, then the bread crumbs then put it in to the pan
Fry for about 1 min each side until golden brown

Serve with chips and some health veg to off set all that fat and carbs. It is very yummy comforting winter food. Traditionally served with a czech tartar sauce. Need to find out how to make that next time.