Yeah, we know. It's hard to see the raisins. Looks like a plain old grilled cheese. But trust us, they're there. And they made our cobbled-together lunch a smidge more delicious.
It helps that our raisin bread was raisin challah bread, too. It's sweeter in general than regular bread, so it made a nice foil to our sharp cheddar cheese.
Raisin bread isn't something that's normally on our radar. It feels very processed for some reason, with the stale-looking raisins and artificial cinnamon swirls that so many brands have. This loaf was a little more upscale, from a bakery, but we kind of love the cheaper stuff, too, on the rare occasions we eat it. Our sweet tooth welcomes any carbohydrate with added sugar.
And it makes a great grilled cheese. Try it. The raisins get warm and soft, and a nice fruity bite every now and then tastes so good with a tangy cheese.
Related: Recipe: Cinnamon Raisin Whole Wheat Bagels
(Image: Elizabeth Passarella)
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Huh...this is on the "to try" list, certainly! I love cinnamon-raisin bread, but I haven't bought in YEARS because I didn't want to feed it to my daughter (and if it's in the house, she eats/drinks it, unless it's wine or beer). But a cinnamon-raisin GRILLED CHEESE, now... She used to eat grilled cheese and one day declared she didn't like it. It's such a fast easy food, I'd love to get it back in rotation. This might be what it takes.
Yum! This sounds right up my alley. Thanks so much for the brilliant tip!
this has always been my favorite grilled cheese style!
"With cheese" has always been my favourite way to eat raisin bread. Nom.
i've done it with cream cheese ... that's the best. trader joe's has good cinnamon swirl breads - one thick one and one that's nice and thin so it lasts a little longer in the house. both are good as cream cheese grills...
Mmmmmmm... good idea! I always enjoy salty/sweet
Love this idea. I just noticed something along those same sweet/savory lines in the May issue of EF: a french tast BLT sandwich.
Fruit Cheese = Yum. I've always been a fan of putting jam on my grilled cheese on toast (I think it's best with a chunky homemade apricot or blackberry jam) but I will definitely have to try this now too!
eggplantaubergine: Jam on grilled cheese? Why haven't I thought of this before? You're a genius!
I used to work at a drugstore that had a lunch counter. Our most popular sandwich (with women) was pimento cheese (our own recipe) on raisin toast, with lettuce and tomato. It was amazing! I never understood why the men didn't order it---too fussy I guess, although they loved the pimento cheese sandwiches on white or wheat.
As for jam on grilled cheese: yes, yes, yes. Strawberry jam on grilled cheese is divine.
Regarding fruit and cheese: in Switzerland, some people put jam on the remnants of the cheese at the bottom of a fondue pot. Serve that on bread from the fondue and you have a variation of the sandwiches mentioned above.
as a kid, my sister and i would place in the broiler bread with grape jelly and a slice of cheese on top. it was soooo good.
Grilled Havarti on raisin walnut whole grain bread. I crave it.
I saw this last night while watching the Food network. I looked up more variations and just decided to use the raisin bread that we had been using for toast. I had to use Kraft cheese but I will definately be trying the velveeta next time, DELISH!