The layering is the method and the logic: Butterkäse goes on the bread first as it melts beautifully and acts as the creamy base. Crispy bacon follows, then avocado, then Bread Cheese, a cheese similar to Halloumi that softens without melting, so it holds its structure in the sandwich. Strawberry slices go on next, and the fried egg lands last before the top slice of bread closes everything in. Dense whole grain bread was the choice: it takes the butter without absorbing it too quickly and browns at exactly the rate the Butterkäse needs to melt.
Two sandwiches, two skillets working in parallel, twenty-five minutes. Eating it is a separate exercise in commitment; the egg yolk will run, the avocado will slide, and the cheese will pull. That is not a flaw in the recipe. It is the recipe.
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Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Whole grain bread
- Butterkäse
- Bacon
- Avocado
- Bread cheese
- Strawberries
- Eggs
- Butter
How to Make Good Morning Glory Grilled Cheese
Whole grain bread is my bread of choice, so that’s my starting point. As the bottom layer, I picked an extremely creamy soft cheese, Butterkase, followed by a few strips of bacon and slices of avocado. Then another cheese, Bread Cheese, this is a cheese similar to Halloumi; it becomes soft, but does not really melt. Next! Slices of strawberries and finished with a fried egg, with runny yolk, sprinkled with salt and pepper.
I know there are many ways to make a grilled cheese; butter or oil, butter the bread, butter in the skillet; microwave, or oven or even toaster. My winning combination is using dense bread, and baking in a skillet with butter. It does not matter whether you use white or whole wheat or whole grain, they tend to respond the same, but the density of the bread is important. Dense bread does not absorb the butter as quickly as more loosely baked bread and will bake brown while the cheese has time to melt.
How to eat this Good Morning Glory Grilled Cheese is a whole different question? May I suggest you’ll watch Food Networks Diners Drive-ins and Dives and see how Guy Fieri does it.
Good Morning Glory Grilled Cheese
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- 4 slices whole grain bread
- 6 ounces butterkase
- 6 strips bacon
- 1 avocado
- 6 ounces bread cheese
- 6 strawberry
- 2 egg
- 1.5 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Cut Butterkase in thin slices. Cut two thin 3 oz. slices from a larger piece of bread cheese.
- Clean avocado and strawberries and cut in thin slices.
- Bake bacon strips in skillet, until brown and crispy. Drain on kitchen towel to get rid of excess fat.
- When bacon is almost done, start building grilled cheese.
- Heat butter in another skillet. Place butterkase on 2 slices of bread and add those slices to skillet. As soon as bread is browning, turn down heat, allowing butterkase to melt.
- Add second slices of bread to skillet as well as bread cheese, separately.
- Place bacon on top of butterkase, then on top of that the avocado slices.
- Single bread slices can be taken out of skillet and break eggs in left-over spot. Keep yolk intact (sunny side up).
- By now the bread cheese is soft and can be transferred on top of the avocado.
- Next layer is strawberry and when the white of the egg is cooked just done, add the egg on top of the strawberries and finish with bread.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.