Walnut Pesto Grilled Cheese
Everything you love in a Waldorf salad in a smoked gouda and gruyere grilled cheese sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 small clove garlic
- ¾ cup packed basil leaves
- ¼ cup fresh celery leaves
- 2 tablespoons walnut oil
- ¼ cup California walnuts toasted
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 slices firm white bread
- ⅓ cup shredded smoked gouda cheese
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped celery
- ½ pink lady apple or apple of your choice thinly sliced
- ⅓ cup shredded gruyere cheese
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 2 grapes optional
Instructions
- With food processor running drop garlic through feed tube and process until finely minced. Add basil, celery leaves and oil; pulse until combined. Add walnuts, sugar and salt; blend until smooth scraping down sides of bowl, if needed.
- Spread some candied walnut pesto evenly on 1 side of each bread slice.
- On top of the pesto on 1 slice of bread, evenly layer the smoked gouda, celery, apple slices and gruyere.
- Cover sandwich with remaining bread slice, pesto side down. Gently press sandwich together.
- Spread half of the mayonnaise over top of sandwich and place mayonnaise side down on non-stick griddle. Grill sandwich, over medium-low heat, for 3 minutes or until golden brown.
- Spread remaining mayonnaise over bread before flipping to brown the other side.
- Sandwich is ready when both sides are golden brown and cheese is melted.
- Top with a skewered grapes, if desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 sandwichCalories: 1.23kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 45gFat: 96gSaturated Fat: 29gPolyunsaturated Fat: 40gMonounsaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 144mgSodium: 1.952mgPotassium: 698mgFiber: 8gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 2.184IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 1.167mgIron: 4mg
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