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    Home / Recipes / Recipes / Main Dishes

    Grilled Cheese with Fig Jam, Goat Brie, Applewood Smoked Ham & Arugula

    Oct 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment

    Grilled Cheese with Fig Jam, Goat Brie, Applewood Smoked Ham & Arugula

    Totally meal-worthy gluten free grilled cheese

    Main DishesQuick & Easy

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    What do you cook on a Tuesday night when you’re rushing in after a long day before rushing out again to take the kids to soccer, or piano, or ballet? Do you drive through a fast food restaurant? Do you pop something in the microwave oven? Do you call the local pizza joint and have them deliver a pizza? (Gluten-free, obviously.) Or do you have something simmering in the crock pot?  (Wow, aren’t you a planner!) Time is precious, especially on a hurried weeknight. We often find ourselves tired and cranky after a long day, with hungry kids to feed. Nobody wants to cook on nights like these, even those of us who do it for a living.

    But with a well stocked larder (that is such a great word, isn’t it?), dinner can be on the table in less than 10 minutes–a dinner that tastes way better than fast food, and a dinner that is actually faster than fast food too! My friends, you must embrace Grilled Cheese Night! Grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty freaking fantastic, even when they are simple affairs, white bread and good ‘ole American cheese. But they are out of this world when you use fancier cheese, and throw in some veggies and ham or bacon. Some people have earthquake kits in case of emergencies…I have good cheese. And also good wine.

    Before Celiac Disease we served these up on the best artisan bread we could find, but now I’ll settle for the wholest-grain gluten-free bread I can get my hands on (that doesn’t taste like cardboard). And you know what? It still tastes amazingly good. That’s what good cheese can do!

    Grilled Cheese Night is not a cop out, and it still totally counts as making dinner, even though it takes only minutes. Your kids will love you. You will love you. And that is worth more than a thousand protein-style cheeseburgers (with an allergy alert!!) from In-N-Out.

    • Yield 2 sandwiches
    • |
    • Prep Time 10 minutes
    •  

    Ingredients

    • 2 slices of red onion, separated into rounds
    • 4 slices of (preferably artisan) gluten free bread
    • ¼ cup fig jam
    • 4 ounces of goat milk brie (or brie from cow milk is fine too), cut into ¼ inch slices
    • 2 slices of Applewood smoked ham
    • 1 cup of wild arugula
    • Olive oil for brushing

    Directions

    1. Heat a Panini press or skillet over medium heat. Spread the fig jam on one side of each slice of bread. Top two slices of bread evenly with the cheese slices and ham. Divide the onions evenly over the remaining two slices of bread and top with arugula.
    2. Close the sandwiches, brush the outsides lightly with olive oil, and grill in the Panini press for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the outside of the sandwich is golden brown. If you are cooking the sandwiches in a skillet or griddle, cook for 2-3 minutes per side. Slice into halves or quarters and serve immediately. With wine, natch.

    Recipe Courtesy: Alison Needham

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