Recipe Box, Grown-up Grilled Cheese

the Painted Apron

4 years ago

Grilled cheese sandwiches are one of the classic comfort foods

As a child I ordered one everywhere we went to eat,

My Dad even got fancy restaurants to make one for “picky eater me”

There is nothing better than a Grilled Cheese Dipper with a warm bowl of soup

Updated Fall Comfort Foods

I decided to make a Grown-up Grilled Cheese

This one has sweet fig jam, juicy ripe pears, tangy blue cheese,

savory bacon, and creamy Gouda cheese

All on fresh bakery sour dough bread

🥰

Saute the bacon and then the fun begins!

Spread the bottom slice with fig jam and top with blue cheese crumbles

Top with pear slices

Next comes the bacon

Then the Gouda

Into the pan it goes to get nice and brown and melty

I like to top my sandwich with a pot lid to help melt the cheese

Now comes the easy part, eating it!

Grown Up Grilled Cheese

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword different grilled cheese recipes, grilled cheese sandwich, grilled cheese with pear and bacon, grown up grilled cheese

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

2 slices deli sour dough bread
fig jam {I recommend Dalmatia Fig Spread it’s usually in the deli section or gourmet section}
blue cheese crumbles
1/2 ripe pear sliced
2 pieces of thick cut bacon cooked
1 1/2 slices Gouda cheese
butter

Cook bacon until crispy and remove to paper towels.
Wipe out skillet if desired. Place butter in skillet.
Spread one slice of bread with fig jam.
Top with blue cheese crumbles, then pear. Top with bacon and finish with Gouda.
Place remaining bread slice on top and put sandwich in the skillet with melted butter.
Cook sandwich over medium heat until cheese starts to melt and carefully flip over to brown the other side. Use a pot lid to help melt cheese if desired. When sandwich is golden on both sides, cut in half and serve.