Thursday, May 22, 2008

An Easy Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Okay, I admit it, I watch Oprah every now and again. She had a show recently called, "Sandwich Showdown" (I believe that's what it was called), where she had a chef from "Cafe Muse" give out a recipe for a gourmet-style comfort food we have all enjoyed. It's quite easy (once you have the ingredients).

Ingredients:

Nice 'organic' bread (I chose an Asiago Peppercorn bread)
Butter
Havarti cheese
Fontina cheese (I couldn't find this and substituted with Gouda)
Honey
Fresh Basil
Fresh Tomatoes

So, you grill the bread as usual with the butter (I simply put the butter on the pan and placed the bread on top... easier that way) and then you add the cheese and drizzle honey on top. Perhaps you can cut the cheese in a prettier fashion than I managed to do. You have it melt, like normal...


Then you add the tomatoes (which I'm normally not a huge fan of... but it's amazing on this!) and the sliced basil.


And... you've got a great sandwich!!


Enjoy!