Grilled Pear, Bacon & Cheese Sandwiches

🥘 Ingredients

• arugula
  4 oz
• bacon
  8 oz
• butter
  6 tbsp
• cooking oil
  1 tsp
• gouda cheese
  4 slice
• honey
  4 tsp
• lemon
  1 unit
• olive oil
  4 tbsp
• pear
  2 unit
• pecans
  1 oz
• pepper
• salt
• shallot
  1 unit
• sourdough bread
  8 slice
• sugar
  1 tsp
• white cheddar cheese
  1 c

🍳 Cookware

• large pan
• small bowl
• paper towel
• large bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Quarter, core, and thinly slice pear . Halve, peel, and finely chop shallot (use half; whole shallot for 4 servings). Quarter lemon .

   pear: 2 unit, shallot: 1 unit, lemon: 1 unit
2. 

   2

   Heat a drizzle of cooking oil and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a large pan over medium heat. Add pear, shallot, honey , juice from one lemon wedge, ½ tsp sugar , and a pinch of salt (juice from two lemon wedges and 1 tsp sugar for 4). Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until pear has softened, ⏱️ 5 minutes to ⏱️ 7 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a small bowl . Stir in juice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 4). Wash out pan. Heat pan used for pear over medium-high heat. Add bacon ; cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy, ⏱️ 6 minutes to ⏱️ 10 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a paper towel -lined plate. Once cool enough to handle, roughly chop. Wipe out pan.

   cooking oil: 1 tsp, butter: 6 tbsp, honey: 4 tsp, sugar: 1 tsp, salt, bacon: 8 oz
3. 

   3

   Evenly layer half the sourdough bread slices with gouda cheese and as much pear as you like. Top with white cheddar cheese and remaining sourdough slices to form sandwiches. Add bacon along with gouda, pear, and cheddar.

   sourdough bread: 8 slice, gouda cheese: 4 slice, white cheddar cheese: 1 c
4. 

   4

   Melt 1 TBSP butter in pan used for pear over medium heat. Once hot, add sandwiches and push around in pan until butter has absorbed. (For 4 servings, work in batches or use a second pan, using 1 TBSP butter for each batch.) Cook until bread is golden brown and cheese is slightly melted, ⏱️ 4 minutes to ⏱️ 6 minutes . Add another 1 TBSP butter to pan, then flip sandwiches and push around again until butter has absorbed. Cook until bread is golden brown and cheese is fully melted, ⏱️ 4 minutes to ⏱️ 6 minutes .
5. 

   5

   While sandwiches are toasting, in a large bowl , whisk together juice from one lemon wedge, 2 TBSP olive oil , ¼ tsp salt, and pepper (for 4 servings, use juice from two wedges, 4 TBSP olive oil, and ½ tsp salt). Add arugula and pecans . Toss to thoroughly coat arugula.

   olive oil: 4 tbsp, pepper, arugula: 4 oz, pecans: 1 oz
6. 

   6

   Halve sandwiches on a diagonal. Divide sandwiches and salad between plates. Serve. Bacon is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145 degrees.