Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Pear

Name: Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Pear
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 loaf French or Italian bread, sliced; 1 serving Bacon, cooked; 1 serving Bartlett pear; 1 serving Sharp white cheddar cheese (high quality); 1 serving Butter, softened and spreadable; 1 serving Chicken; 1 serving Beef; 1 serving Pork; 1 serving Fish and Seafood; 1 serving Pasta and Noodles

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Pear a try. This recipe covers 67% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 123g of protein, 74g of fat, and a total of 2687 calories. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. If you have beef, chicken, fish and seafood, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Assemble the sandwiches:

Heat a cast iron skillet to medium high heat.

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Frying Pan

Layer your sandwich—bread slice, cheese, pear slices, bacon, bread slice.

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Cheese

Bacon

Bread

Pear

Spread butter over the top of the sandwich.

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Butter

Spread

Toast on cast iron skillet:

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Toast

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Frying Pan

Place the sandwich top side down (butter side down) on the hot pan. Butter the exposed side of the sandwich.

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Butter

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Let cook for a minute and then use a metal spatula to turn the sandwich over to its other side.

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Spatula

Press down with spatula or second pan: While you are toasting the sandwich on the second side, press down on the sandwich with a spatula.

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Spatula

Frying Pan

Alternatively, you can mimic a panini press (albeit without the ridges) by heating a smaller cast iron pan on a separate burner. Use the weight of this pan to press down on the sandwich from above.

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Panini Press