Name: GROWN-UP GRILLED CHEESE
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 red onion (sliced); 12 slices sourdough bread; 6 tablespoons soft butter (for brushing the bread); 12 tablespoons fig butter or fig jam; 15 ounces brie or gruyere cheese (thinly sliced); 3 bosc pears (thinly sliced); 1 ½ cups baby arugula

GROWN-UP GRILLED CHEESE

with fig + pear

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 5

Total Time: 15

Servings:

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 red onion sliced
12 slices sourdough bread
6 tablespoons soft butter for brushing the bread
12 tablespoons fig butter or fig jam
15 ounces brie or gruyere cheese thinly sliced
3 bosc pears thinly sliced
1 ½ cups baby arugula

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a small skillet. Add the onion slices and cook until caramelized, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
Butter the outside of each slice of bread. Spread fig butter or jam on the inside of each slice of bread. Layer the gruyere , apple slices, caramelized onions, and arugula. Top with the other slice of bread.
Heat a large nonstick skillet or griddle pan over medium-high heat. Place the sandwiches, butter side down in the hot pan. Cook 2-3 minutes on each side or until browned and the cheese melts. Cut sandwiches in half, if desired. Serve immediately.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Serve with warmed tomato basil soup and a crisp green salad.

SWAP SUGGESTIONS

Protein: Add thinly sliced prosciutto to the sandwiches.
Gruyere Cheese: Swap sliced or shredded Gruyere for Brie.
Pears: Swap pear for Granny Smith Apple slices.

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