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On another grocery trip, I was walking through Whole Foods when I noticed that fresh mangoes were on sale. I thought to myself, “I like mangoes, I should buy one.” I had no particular use for it in mind, but went ahead and purchased it …
No great ideas came to mind when thinking of a new grilled cheese recipe so I traveled to Whole Foods for some inspiration. There, I of course found the goat milk cheddar but I also found some great bread. From there, I decided that I …
I want to thank the Grilled Cheese Academy and WisconsinCheeseTalk.com for allowing me the opportunity to give away free cheese (and write a guest blog entry). It has been a great relationship that I hope will continue long into the future.
Now enough of the formalities, let me announce the winner of free Wisconsin cheese & a Grilled Cheese Academy t-shirt.
In choosing a winner I decided to look through each submitted recipe and choose the sandwich which I believed pushed the envelope of what a grilled cheese sandwich is. The desire behind this blog, and in my opinion the Grilled Cheese Academy, is to show the world that a grilled cheese can be so much more than processed American cheese stuck between two pieces of processed white bread. All of the entries takes this idea to heart, while one stood out beyond the others.
That sandwich, our winner, is the Trio of Grilled Cheese #1 created by Tara Coomans.
Marscapone Cheese + Fresh Strawberry slices. This is good enough for dessert..a little fresh whipped cream on this would have made for a great dessert.
Goat Cheese+Foie Gras Mousse. Very rich, spectacularly sinful. The mousse’s texture was really more like a pate. It could have been grilled, it was so firm.
Halloumi + Pom, Kamquat, Jalapeno, Ginger chutney (which can be found at weavethousandflavors.com): This was by far the most complex and savory and a really great foil to the sweetness in the Marscapone+Strawberry grilled cheese. I WAS a little disappointed b/c the Halloumi didn’t melt as I’d liked, so next time I’d prepare that on a thinner slice of bread. The chutney I used is very complex, but worth every second to make as its good on lots of things! (learn more)
Congratulations, Tara. Please email me your mailing address and we will make sure to send out the t-shirt and cheese!
P.S. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled to WisconsinCheeseTalk.com as I have another guest blog entry to be posted soon!
Since I already wrote a mini-blog entry about this grilled cheese for Wisconsin Cheese Talk, this entry will be light on text and very heavy on photos. Enjoy!
Readers, I have some great news for both myself and you: a guest blog and a contest with great prizes. Are you excited? You should be. Read on for all the details. Wisconsin Cheese has a new blog, WisconsinCheeseTalk.com, and I am their first guest …
Please make sure to head over to last year’s post to read all my thanks for my mother. And happy mother’s day to all the awesome mothers out there in blog land! Have a great day with your family. I will see you back here tomorrow, Monday, with a brand new, exciting blog post!
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