Gourmet Grilled Cheese

Ingredients

• • 4 slices sourdough rye bread (or other favourite)

  • 4 tsp margarine

  • 1 tbsp apricot jam

  • 4 slices veggie bacon

  • 1 apple, sliced thin

  • 8 thick slices smoked Cheddar (or other sharp cheese)

  • 2 sprigs fresh sage

Preparation

• 1. Heat a sandwich press or griddle on med-hi setting.

  2. Place the veggie bacon on the press/griddle to warm-up.

  3. Thinly spread the margarine on the outside of each piece of bread (on the side that will be in contact with the press/griddle).

  4. Lay the bread on its margarine side down on a prep board/plate, and spread the jam thinly on the dry side of each piece.

  5. Place 2 of the heated, but not very crispy, strips of bacon on one of the bread slices, then do the same for one of the other bread slices.

  6. Arrange the apple slices to cover the bacon on the 2 bread slices.

  7. Arrange the cheese slices to cover the apple slices on the 2 bread slices.

  8. Pick the leaves off of the sage sprigs, and arrange them to cover the cheese on the 2 bread slices.

  9. Place the remaining bread slices on top of each sandwich, with the jam side in, and margarine side out.

  10. Place the sandwiches neatly on the press/griddle, and cook until bread is nicely toasted.  If using a griddle with no press, flip to cook other side.