how2heroes » Grilled Cheese French Toast

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Serves 2 (meant to be shared!)

Ingredients

2 eggs
¼ cup heavy or light cream
1-2 tsp cinnamon
4-6" piece French bread, crusts removed, halved lengthwise
½ cup pimento, grated cheddar or Gruyere cheese
4-6 strips crisply cooked bacon
2 tbsp butter

For Serving

fresh blueberries or strawberries
maple syrup
powdered sugar

Equipment

nonstick oven-safe skillet

How-to

Preheat oven to 350º
Whisk together eggs, cream and cinnamon until blended and set aside
Spread cheese on both faces of bread, arrange crisp bacon slices on top and fold bread together to make a sandwich
Melt butter in a skillet on low heat (do not brown the butter)
Place sandwich into the egg mixture to submerge. If fresh bread, just submerge for few seconds, if bread is older than a day, soak for a few minutes; do not saturate the bread but you want the egg mixture to get into the bread. Remove from egg mixture, letting excess drip off and place in skillet
Increase heat to medium and brown the sandwich, about 4-5 minutes each side (keep an eye on it and adjust heat so as not to burn)
When bread is golden brown, drain excess butter from the pan, and finish in the preheated oven to melt the cheese, about 5-10 minutes (check at 5 minutes)
Arrange on a plate, slice and garnish with berries, as much syrup as you like and a generous dusting of powdered sugar

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Rembs Layman

When Rembs Layman tilts his head and smiles, you're immediately won over. Having family in New England and Louisiana, he experienced the best of both food worlds which he shares as Executive Chef at Tupelo in Cambridge, MA. Locals love his down-home "comfort food with a Southern drawl," and he has an ever-increasing following for his incredible Sunday offerings of Fried Chicken, Gumbo, Jambalaya and Sweet Southern Pies.