

(The order starting at the top is butter, bread, cheese, arugula, cheese, bread, butter.) Onto half of the stacks, place 1/2 cup of the arugula and then bring the two stacks together to form the sandwich.Turn the bread butter-side-down on a cutting board and build your grilled cheese sandwich by placing one slice of smoked gouda on each slice of bread.Spread a small amount of butter on one side of each slice of bread.Make the Fig & Shallot Jam according to the recipe and set aside.Fig & Shallot Jam will keep for up to a week in an airtight container in


#DASH WAFFLE MAKER CHEESE SERIES#
We just grate 1/4 cup of Parmesan on our Microplane Extra Coarse Elite Series Grater, which came with a handy measuring cup that fits right under it to catch the cheese, and sprinkle a little light parm on top before we close the waffle maker lid. We love substituting avocado for some of the cheese on our grilled cheese, and the Amco Houseworks Avocado Slicer & Pitter helps to quickly make thin slices of avocado that fit into a grilled cheese or a taco.Īdding a small sprinkle of hard cheese like Parmesan or Asiago to the top of your grilled cheese is a game changer. For solid, non-melty things, like avocados, you want thin slices. All you do is choose a tasty cheese and a bread then select one other items to go inside. We decided that two ingredients in the sandwich and one on top works out nicely. The heat from the top and bottom cooks the grilled cheese quickly and evenly while the indentations the waffle maker leaves in the sandwiches not only adds tooth and texture but also creates the perfect space for some creative grilled cheese toppings like our Fig & Shallot Jam. The day we realized that we could make an awesome pressed sandwich in the waffle maker was quite an important discovery at our house. Wouldn’t our Cuisinart 4-Slice Belgian Waffle Maker be the perfect grilled cheese maker, too? The large, square, one-inch-deep sections are the same size as a standard slice of bread, perfect for making the most delicious grilled cheese sandwiches you’ve ever tried. Morning waffle-making happens maybe about onceĪ month at most, though, so we found a way to make our waffle maker work harder We love grilled cheese sandwiches, and we love to make wafflesįor a leisurely weekend brunch. Started thinking about how we could make this grilled cheese tradition our own.

Kids loved this interactive dinner just as much as the adults did. Ingredients for a tailor-made grilled cheese. Of meltable cheese and fancy sliced bread. When we showed up, there was a spread of all kinds They wouldn’t tell us what we’d be having for dinner. Our good friends Jaimee and Aaron had us over to their place a
