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Get ready for the best sweet and savory combination you’ve ever tasted! This Havarti Grilled Cheese is super easy to make with bacon, strawberry preserves and your sandwich bread of choice.
Havarti Grilled Cheese with Bacon & Strawberry
Between Mom’s Crazy Cooking Challenge – Grilled Cheese, and the abundance of fancy-pants grilled cheeses that were all over the blogosphere during April – National Grilled Cheese Month, I have been craving grilled cheese constantly. Luckily I found Rudi’s Gluten-Free Multi-Grain Bread, so that I can indulge my craving a bit. And I know I just posted my Chicken & Broccoli Grilled Cheese yesterday, but can you ever really have enough grilled cheese?! This one has the sweet and savory combo that I love, with a little tang of Dijon mustard, and the creaminess of the Havarti.
Why I Love This Sandwich
Havarti adds a so much butteriness itself that you don’t have to add a ton of butter to the sandwich to get that rich, creamy flavor. The bacon almost acts as a seasoning here, as opposed to being a main component of the sandwich. I didn’t want a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich – I really just wanted the salty smokiness and a bit of crunch. And May is National Strawberry Month, so the sweetness to balance that saltiness comes from some Smucker’s Orchard’s Finest Pacific Mountain Strawberry Preserves.
This was a hit all around – The Bug and The Hubby loved it, and so did I, in my gluten-free version.
Do you like sweet & salty/savory together? What are your favorite foods with that combo – chocolate covered pretzels, kettle corn? I love chocolate and peanut butter or fruit with cheese.
Havarti Grilled Cheese with Bacon & Strawberry
Equipment
- Stove
Ingredients
- 8 slices of your bread of choice I used Rudi's Gluten Free Multi-grain bread, and whole wheat bread
- 4 t Dijon mustard
- 4 T strawberry preserves I used Smucker’s Orchard’s Finest Pacific Mountain Strawberry Preserves
- 2 slices of bacon cooked until crispy, and crumbled
- 1 c about 4 oz. Havarti cheese, shredded
- 2 T butter and/or olive oil I used 1 T of each
Instructions
- Spread four of the slices of bread with 1 t Dijon mustard on each.
- Spread the other four slices 1 T of preserves on each.
- Divide the bacon evenly among the slices with the preserves. Top each with 1/4 c Havarti cheese.
- Top with the slice of bread spread with the mustard.
- Melt butter and olive oil in a pan over medium-low heat.
- Cook the sandwiches for about 3-4 minutes per side, or until golden brown and the cheese has melted. Covering the pan with a lid during cooking will help the inside get all warm and gooey before the bread gets too browned.
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My favorite go to is also fruit and cheese. But if I’m feeling adventurous, I love corn chips and vanilla ice cream. Sounds weird, but it’s soooooooo good. Don’t knock it till you try it. Lol
Yum! This sounds super delicious. Can you believe I’ve never tried Havarti? But just tried Gruyere (and loved it). Sandwich is on my list to make. Thank you!
Havarti is so good for grilled cheese! You have to try it.
Hope you have a Very Special Week End and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Thank you, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend, as well.
This sounds good! I don’t think I have ever had havarti cheese … I will need to find some!
Havarti is so good on grilled cheese! It melts really nicely.
What a great combination of flavors! yummmm
It really was a great combo. I only didn’t post it for the CCC because it was not from another blog, just from my own head.