While there’s nothing wrong (nothing at all) with a classic grilled cheese sandwich, you can easily upgrade your go-to recipe with pears and preserves. Pile pear slices, brie, and red onions on two pieces of bread slathered with a flavourful mixture of apricot preserves, mustard, and thyme. Cook in the Hamilton Beach® panini press for about 3 minutes and you’ve got a sandwich that your standard cheese-on-white-bread just doesn’t com-pear with.
Ingredients
- 4 1/2-inch thick) slices whole grain bread
- 1 tablespoon softened butter, divided
- 2 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon whole grain Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 4 slices brie cheese, divided
- 1 small ripe pear, cored and thinly sliced
- Thinly sliced red onion
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Instructions
- Heat panini maker.
- Butter one side of each slice of bread.
- In a small bowl, combine preserves, mustard and thyme. Spread 1 tablespoon apricot mixture on plain-side of 2 bread slices. Arrange 2 slices each of brie, pear and onions on top of apricot mixture. Top with remaining 2 slices bread, butter-side up.
- Place sandwich on panini maker and close lid. Cook about 3 minutes or until bread is golden brown on both sides. Serve immediately.
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TAGS: brie, grilled cheese, panini, pear
CATEGORIES: appetizers & snacks, Everyday Recipes, sandwiches