Grilled buttery Challah bread dripping with hot, melty white cheddar cheese and luscious raspberry pepper preserves. A sweet and spicy, ooey, gooey heavenly combination. It was grilled cheese sandwich love at first bite.
Have you been seeing all the fabulous grilled cheese sandwich recipes posted for National Grilled Cheese Month? Heidi, Foodie Crush is celebrating by posting an irresistible grilled cheese sandwich recipe every week during April; Maria, Two Peas and Their Pod, posted a fantastic Parmesan Crusted Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich; and Serious Eats posted, 21 Ways to Upgrade your Grilled Cheese.
I decided I needed to join in on the celebration and what better place to pick up ingredients for a fabulous grilled cheese sandwich than the beautiful new Harmons City Creek store.
I was invited to tour the new store with a wonderful group of Utah food bloggers. We were fortunate to have Bob and Randy as our tour guides. They introduced us to the department managers who talked to us about all the delicious innovations they’ve developed for their fabulous new store. I was particularly impressed with their brick oven pizzas, the huge salad bar, and the gelato was amazing.
It was my first trip downtown since they opened City Center. A spectacular new mall in downtown Salt Lake filled with open spaces and waterfalls. I was so impressed with the elegant design. I wanted to hang out all day. Harmons is on the east side of City Creek and has the same warm, come-and-stay-a-while feel.
After the tour and a delightful lunch in their Cooking School Kitchen, we headed back to the cheese section where Heidi, Foodie Crush, Dara, Cookin’ Canuck, and Jeremiah, the cheese expert, helped me pick out the perfect cheese and preserves for my heavenly grilled cheese sandwiches.
Harmons sells great local products. My white cheddar cheese, Promontory Cheddar, is made locally by Beehive Cheese, the Raz-Pepper Preserves are made by Pepperlane in Wanship, Utah, and the Challah Bread is made fresh daily at Harmons using Lehi Roller Mills flour.
I incorporated Serious Eats‘ tip that the best method for making grilled cheese is double grilling – grilling both the inside and the outside of the bread. Genius! Not only does it give you twice as much golden deliciousness, it also helps melt the cheese faster.
My twins weren’t quite as in love with the sweet, spicy preserves on this sandwich as I was, so I guess this is more a grilled cheese sandwich for grown ups kind of love.
Ingredients
- Butter, softened
- 2 slices thinly sliced challah bread
- 1 tablespoon Raz-Pepper Preserves
- 2 slices thinly sliced white cheddar cheese
Directions
- Butter both sides of each slice of bread. Heat a skillet on medium low heat. Add buttered bread to skillet and cook to golden brown.
- Flip bread over and top one slice of bread with cheese slices and one slice of bread with jam. Put the slice with jam upside down on top of the slice with cheese. Cook until bread is golden brown and cheese is almost melted. Flip sandwich and cook until cheese melts and bread is golden brown. Serve immediately.
Disclosure: After the tour Harmons gave us a reusable shopping bag filled with delicious Harmons products and a gift card for $25, however, all opinions expressed are always my own.
More National Grilled Cheese Month Recipes to love:
Honey Jack Grilled Cheese, Sweet Basil
Grilled Cheese with Tomato, Avocado, Bacon, and Arugula, Good Life Eats
Brie, Basil, Bacon and Blue Cheese Panini, Panini Happy
Gourmet Grilled Cheese with Marinated Mozzarella, Family Fresh Cooking
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Yay for Grilled Cheese Month! Love your creation! And I am in love with the new Harmons store! It is amazing!
Droolworthy! I’d love that for afternoon tea.
Cheers,
Rosa
Yum! A Grilled Cheese has always been a fave lunch!
I’ve heard so many good things about City Creek but haven’t made it there yet. Funny that a grocery store might be my favorite part about it.
I love the combination of flavors in this grilled cheese. It sounds and looks wonderful.
Your grilled cheese sandwich has me drooling! That is such an ingenious tip to grill both sides of the bread! I am going to make one today and try it out:)
It looks fantastic …. and very drinkable . greetings MARIMI
This sandwich sounds perfect!! So sad I missed Harmon’s, although I did go up to City Creek yesterday. It’s gorgeous!!
This sandwich is more than fabulous! Yum!
Barbara, one of my all time favorite indulgences is baked brie with raspberry preserves. i love any salty cheese paired with the sweet jam. add a little spice and some bread and i’d be in heaven. soooo your combination of cheese + bread + raspberry is making my head spin. looks so delicious!
look too good! I am a huge fan of any grilled cheese!
This sandwich looks AMAZING!!!!! I love every single thing about it. It was a fun tour and what a beautiful store the City Creek Harmons is!
This has me drooling! I think I may even have some raspberry/pepper jelly in the fridge!
Love the recipe! I just made my first visit to the new Harmons last night after work and I am hooked! What a wonderful feel it has. I know what you mean by you could just hang around for a while…
I especially love that you used all local Utah products. Hooray for our local farmers and producers…
xxoo,
RMW
ah Barbara this look really delicious!
Well now look how delish that turned out. The Beehive Cheese was a winning choice! So fun wandering the new Harmons store with you and crafting your sandwich. I hope the boys liked the challah!
Love the double grilling of the bread. Looks delish!
I’m inspired to make grilled cheese sandwiches every time I see your opening photo. The melting cheese is just sumptuous! Delicious and simple, great recipe!
Love the Raz-Pepper Jelly and that nice challah bread! I’ve got to get with the program and come up with a grilled cheese of my own. Not an easy job when you and Heidi have made such great sandwiches!
Now that is what I call comfort food!
Sometimes a grilled cheese is dinner here so we do love them. My favorite is a Jarlsberg grilled cheese but we have some wonderful artisan cheeses in Wisconsin that make them over-the-top good too. I’m so happy to read that tip on grilled both sides of the bread – genius!
What a lovely place to shop! It looks beautiful.
I’m not a big sandwich eater-BUT-THIS would definitely be one I would eat for sure. It looks and sounds wonderful Barbara.
That looks FANTASTIC!!!
Mmm…I’ve yet tried anything pepper preserved before. Sounds really interesting and the sandwich toast looks so inviting. How I wish that was for me! haha…
Have a great week ahead, Barbara.
Blessings
Kristy
i didn’t think a grilled cheese could get any better but you have done it again! WOW
My favorite is a Jarlsberg grilled cheese but we have some wonderful artisan cheeses in Wisconsin that make them over-the-top good too.
That looks so gooey and delicious mum! And what a fun outing too!
xxx
o my …this is just mouthwatering!
Awww they look fantastic… Simple and delicious!
Yum, I love a good grilled cheese sandwich and I know this would be a hit in my house. That spicy-sweet jam must be amazing with the cheddar cheese.