|
Location: Home > food > Grilled cheese with Pt. Reyes blue cheese, "Brown Turkey" figs, honey, sweet onion, and chopped pecans
Grilled cheese with Pt. Reyes blue cheese, "Brown Turkey" figs, honey, sweet onion, and chopped pecansI have blogged before about my love of fruit with savory things, so when I thought about what I wanted to do for a grilled cheese sandwich, I knew it would include some kind of fruit. At first I thought of doing a sandwich with some kind of aged cheese (like goat gouda) and thinly sliced tart apples. But in the end, my fig tree provided the inspiration. It's fig season, and here in Portland, trees are bursting and farmer's markets are exploding with different varieties. I chose the "Brown Turkey" variety of fig for my sandwich because of its lovely color and because they were so fat and fleshy that they were splitting open. I love that about a fig. So without further ado, allow me to present my San Francisco-Portland-inspired grilled cheese sandwich: Grilled cheese with Pt. Reyes blue cheese, "Brown Turkey" figs, honey, sweet onion, and chopped pecans This is an open-faced sandwich. You can eat it with a knife and fork, or wait for it to cool a bit and dig in with your hands. half a medium ciabatta loaf (or one ciabatta roll), split extra virgin olive oil fresh ground pepper 2-3 ounces of Pt. Reyes blue, crumbled 3-4 Brown Turkey (or other) figs, cut into thick slices 1/4 sweet onion (Texas, Walla Walla, Vidalia or Maui) very thinly sliced drizzle of honey a handful of pecans, toasted and rough-chopped fresh ground pepper Preheat oven to 375º. Pop the ciabatta in the oven for 1-2 minutes to toast lightly. (Don't let it brown.) Remove from oven and brush each half with olive oil, then pepper each side. Divide blue cheese between each half and top with sliced figs, and sweet onion. Drizzle each half with honey and grind some pepper over the tops. Put the ciabatta in the oven and bake until cheese is melty and onions start to carmelize, about 5-7 minutes depending on your oven. Remove from oven and immediately drizzle with a touch more honey and garnish with pecans (and a little more pepper if you like). Enjoy! |
Artical Related:
Now everything you eat can taste like bacon
Figs: The versatile fruit
Global Grilled Cheese: Mexico and the Quesadilla
She Made Grilled Cheese Famous - Nancy Silverton at Campanile
Omega-3s may affect mood, personality
