Saturday, January 20, 2024

Not Your Ordinary Grilled Cheese

The day the home kitchen cook devotes the meal to yummy food laid between two pieces of amazing bread.

Today's sandwich spectacular is the ever-popular, easy-to-make grilled cheese sandwich that's anytime good.

It's what I call "Sgt Pepper,because I make it with three kinds of "Sargento" cheese, and it's guaranteed to raise a smile.

It's definitely not the old-fashioned grilled cheese version I used to make for the kids with Velveeta cheese.

Sandwich refers to a food item consisting of one or more ingredients placed on or between slices of bread. In other words, any food that uses two or more pieces of bread as the container.

Whole-wheat bread a is a type of bread made using flour that is partly or entirely milled from whole or almost-whole wheat grains.

The majority of what is marketed in the USA under the name "wheat bread" has very little whole grain content, and is made primarily of white flour, with caramel coloring added to them to give an illusion of a higher whole wheat content. Source 

If it’s real whole-grain bread you should see “whole wheat,” “whole grain corn,” “100% rolled oats,” or other terms that clearly specify the inclusion of “whole” grain ingredients.

Pucker up for a real taste bite. It is so good.

Not Your Ordinary Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Serves 1

2 (1/2-inch thick) slices wheat bread
2 slices Sargento® Deli Style Sliced Pepper Jack Cheese
1 slice Sargento® Deli Style Sliced Chipotle Cheddar Cheese
1 slice Sargento® Deli Style Sliced Havarti Cheese
4 tablespoons unsalted butter

Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. Lightly butter one side of two slices of bread. Place 2 slices face down in medium-warm skillet.

Add two slices of Pepper Cack cheese, one slice of Chipolte Cheedar cheese and one slice of Havarti cheese. Top with the other slice of bread, buttered-side up.

Cook, without pressing, until bread browns and cheese melts slightly. It might take 4 or 5 minutes, otherwise you're cooking it too fast. Use your pancake spatula to turn the sandwich over and brown the other side. This time make sure all the cheese melts.

Cut in two and serve with cold pickles and a catsup dipping sauce.

Catsup Dipping Sauce: Mix 1 cup of your favorite ketchup with 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon spicy horseradish, 2 teaspoons brown sugar, 1 teaspoons cayenne pepper and 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt.

It's a dance. Dip, twirl and bite, then crunch a bite of dill pickle spear. Repeat.

Sargento Foods Inc. is a family-owned company comprising three business divisions: Consumer Products, Food Service and Food Ingredients. The company employs more than 1,500 people at four Wisconsin facilities: Plymouth, Kiel, Hilbert and Elkhart Lake.

The Consumer Products Division is a leading national packager and marketer of natural shredded, sliced, snack and specialty cheeses sold under the Sargento brand.