Well it’s been a few weeks since I started the blog, and it has been a wild few weeks. We’ve started the Farmer’s Markets and it has been a blast, we are so thankful for all of our new customers who have already shown their support for our product. We are so pleased to hear how much everyone is enjoying it. We’ll be introducing more new flavors over Summer.
Speaking of Summer, that is what this blog post is to be about, my new favorite Summer sandwich. It is an Asparagus Parmesan Grilled Sandwich. So this afternoon after making numerous batches of our Parmesan Spread for the markets this week, I was pretty hungry. I had some wonderful aspargus from McLeaf’s Orchard and wanted something sort of Summer comfort food, if that’s possible.
First I grilled the asparagus. Then to assemble the sandwich I put our Parmesan Spread on each side of a baquette, a layer of gruyere cheese, the grilled asparagus, then a sprinkling of Italian parsley (whenever I mention parsley I mean Italian parsley, not the curly stuff they put on your plate at Denny’s).
Then instead of using the panini press, I used a pizza tray and a grill press on the already hot grill. You can do this in a panini press, but the grill just gives it that special something. And, you do not have to clean the panini press! I had the grill on a medium flame and cooked for about 5 – 7 minutes, flipping once a few minutes in.
As the title states this is my new favorite Summer sandwich; It was filling without making you feel like a slug mid-day (the way an all cheese sandwich can). It gives you that hearty, filling, feeling that adding meat would do.
Over the Summer I will be doing this for friend’s for either lunch or dinner. For that I will add my arugula salad with oranges and pistachios, add a bottle of Vinho Verde (my favorite Summer wine), and relax on the deck on the (hopefully soon to be delivered) outdoor dining set. Oh, and then for the dessert…
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