Try a Gourment Grilled Cheese- Blueberry and Brie Grilled Cheese!
Forget the boring old grilled cheese sandwich, be creative and try a Blueberry and Brie Grilled Cheese. Eating fruit with brie is already a tradition, let’s turn it into a sandwich!
This is a great grilled cheese with Brie. Brie is one of my favorite cheeses, it so creamy when melted. What goes great with brie? Fruit and bread of course, so adding this to a grilled cheese was natural! For this recipe, I used blueberries but you could easily swap for blackberries or apples.
Things to Know About Brie!
Should you eat the Brie rind?
Yes! you can eat the rind, we checked with President Cheese one of the leading Brie producers and they stated that, ” it is considered gauche by some to merely scrape the inside of the cheese and avoid the rind.”
Did you know Brie Cheese Ripens?
Yeah, we were a little surprised on this when we first started eating Brie too! We consulted with the experts at President Cheese again and they advise, “you can tell the cheese is ripe with the outside is firm and the inside slightly bouncy.”
How do you store Brie properly?
According to President Cheese:
Cutting into Brie halts the ripening process. At this point, eat the cheese within the next several days, or refrigerate it until your next snacking occasion.
The trick is to wrap the remaining cheese in waxed paper or parchment paper – avoid using plastic wrap for fresh Brie. This will allow the rind to continue to breathe and stay dry.
Now that you are an expert on Brie!
Let’s talk about making this delicious Blueberry and Brie Grilled Cheese Sandwich!
A few tips when making this sandwich make sure there is cheese on the top and bottom, this helps to hold the sandwich together.
The other, as the brie can take a little bit of time to melt reduce the heat to low when you start cooking and cover!
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Blueberry, Brie and Ham Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
- 2 slices of bread
- 1/4 cup mashed blueberries
- 2 slices of thinly sliced ham
- 4 oz brie cheese sliced
- Pam oil spray
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium-low heat.
- Spray the skillet with Pam, then put the first piece of bread down in the pan.
- Add half the brie cheese, next add the ham and mashed blueberries.
- Top with the rest of the brie cheese then put the other slice of bread on top.
- Cover the skillet (helps the cheese to melt!)
- Flip when the sandwich is golden brown (about 5 minutes)
- Cook the other side until golden brown and the cheesy is fully melted. Enjoy!
