Name: Fig and Bacon Grilled Cheese Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 slices Sara Lee® Artesano™ Bread; 8 provolone cheese; 2 oz bleu cheese; ¼ cup dried figs; ¼ cup water; 1 tbsp sugar; 8 sliced thick cut bacon; 4 tbsp butter

How To Make Fig and Bacon Grilled Cheese

Grab a bite of this loaded grilled cheese with layers of pureed fig, provolone, bacon, and bleu cheese sandwiched in buttered bread.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

8slicesSara Lee® Artesano™ Bread
8provolone cheese,sliced
2ozbleu cheese
¼cupdried figs
¼cupwater
1tbspsugar,optional
8slicedthick cut bacon,cooked
4tbspbutter,unsalted

Instructions

Add the figs to the water and either let sit overnight or microwave for 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove the figs and add them to a small food processor and add water as needed to make a spreadable puree. Add sugar if desired.
Spread the butter on one side of each of the 8 slices of Sara Lee® Artesano™ Bread. Butter side down on the cutting board, add fig puree to four of the slices.
Add the bleu cheese to the remaining four slices. Add a slice of provolone to each of the slices.
Top four slices with bacon.
Close the sandwiches, a bacon-covered piece of Sara Lee® Artesano™ Bread with a non-bacon covered piece.
In a cast-iron pan or griddle on medium-high, add the sandwiches and cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side.