02/25/2009

Fried Egg & Avocado Grilled Cheese

As some of you may have read in my entry on Sunday, there was some rescheduling going on with this week’s Sunday Dinner; it switched to Tuesday. I was planning on cooking this recipe on Sunday but we had a special guest on Tuesday, so I cooked it then. I wanted to make sure I cooked a perfect grilled cheese sandwich. I definitely got pretty close.

Every Sunday my sous chef and I head to Miles Farmers Market to pick up ingredients for that evening’s Sunday Dinner. On February 15, while we were at Miles, we saw that they had horseradish white cheddar on special. I was daring, and willing to use it for a grilled cheese, but I already had the Valentine’s Day recipe in mind and I did not think that horseradish + strawberries + mangoes would taste very good. We passed on it for February 15, but purchased it for a future sandwich.

We used horseradish white cheddar last night. It was the star of the meal and it shined brightly.

I was so enthralled with taking pictures and cooking for everyone else, that I ended up rushing through my meal and was not able to decide if I liked the grilled cheese. Therefore, I cooked the sandwich again this evening and ate much slower. Tonight, I can report that the grilled cheese was delish.

ingredients:

Horseradish White Cheddar
Fried Egg
Avocado
Challah

Once the cheese was chosen, I knew I wanted to do a fried egg with it. I did not think of the avocado until a friend mentioned that they had just eaten a grilled cheese with avocado on it. Although I like avocado, and love guacamole, this sandwich could have gone without. It simply got lost and was barely noticeable.

I love fried egg sandwiches, so the fact that I liked it on this grilled cheese is not a surprise. The cheese was very good and I would have actually liked if it had more of a kick, more horseradish. I think if that were the case, the sandwich would have been even better. The best bites were when you could taste the horseradish, egg and bread. Very yum.

The sous chef suggested we go with challah bread, since we had yet to use it, and I must say that was a great decision. It worked perfectly for this grilled cheese. Flaky and crunchy, but different than the other bread we had used. I think the bread is one of the reasons that the sandwich was so good.

the grilled cheese:

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fried egg & avocado grilled cheese: A-/B+

After a disappointment on Sunday, it feels good to rebound with a simple grilled cheese that included a nice twist. The other two people partaking in this sandwich both thought it was great as well. My guest, Michael, gave it an A-, which was a great compliment. I think everyone would have liked a little more horseradish, but what can you do?

The fact that I ate this two nights in a row, to figure out if I truly liked it, says a lot. The grilled cheese started out standard, but with the addition of the horseradish white cheddar, it was “kicked it up a notch.” You definitely cannot go wrong if you decide to make this, just maybe leave off the avocado.