Description
Honey peach white cheddar grilled cheese melds sweet and savory flavors into a gourmet sandwich experience. Creamy white cheddar melts perfectly with ripe peaches and golden honey between crisp, buttery bread slices for a delightful meal you will crave.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 slices sourdough or artisan bread
- 4 oz (113 g) white cheddar cheese, shredded or sliced
- 1 ripe peach, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsps (30 mL) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) honey (plus extra for drizzling)
- ½ tsp (2.5 mL) fresh thyme leaves (optional, for extra flavor)
Instructions
- Prep Surface: Coat bread exteriors thoroughly with softened butter, ensuring complete and uniform coverage.
- Sweet Foundation: Generously drizzle honey across interior bread surfaces, creating a delectable base layer.
- Cheese Layer: Arrange white cheddar cheese evenly on honey-glazed bread, establishing a smooth melting platform.
- Fruit Placement: Distribute thinly sliced fresh peaches atop cheese, creating a vibrant and textural landscape.
- Aromatic Enhancement: Sprinkle fresh thyme leaves over peaches, introducing a nuanced herbal complexity to the sandwich.
- Final Cheese Layer: Add another white cheddar layer to ensure comprehensive coverage and optimal melting potential.
- Sandwich Assembly: Top with second bread slice, positioning buttered exterior facing outward for ideal grilling.
- Heat Preparation: Warm skillet or griddle to medium-low temperature, promoting gradual and consistent heating.
- Grilling Process: Carefully transfer assembled sandwich to heated surface, gently pressing with spatula to encourage uniform caramelization.
- Cooking Duration: Grill approximately 4-5 minutes per side, watching for golden-brown exterior and completely melted cheese.
- Finishing Touch: Drizzle additional honey over completed sandwich, creating a luxurious glossy sheen.
- Serving: Slice diagonally and present immediately, highlighting melted cheese and caramelized edges.
Notes
- Butter Temperature Matters: Use room-temperature butter for easy, even spreading that guarantees perfect golden-brown crust without tearing the bread.
- Control Cheese Melting: Slice white cheddar thinly to ensure quick, uniform melting and prevent uneven cheese distribution inside the sandwich.
- Peach Selection Technique: Choose ripe but firm peaches to prevent excess moisture that could make the sandwich soggy and compromise the crispy texture.
- Low and Slow Grilling: Maintain medium-low heat to allow cheese to melt completely while achieving a crispy, caramelized exterior without burning the bread.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Snacks
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3
- Calories: 416
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 550 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg