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Artisanal’s Grilled Cheese Contest Winner

Artisanal announced the winner of their grilled cheese sandwich contest. The winner was Eric Zawacki from and his recipe had Taleggio, Cherry Mostarda And Arugula Grilled Cheese Sandwich. A sandwich full-salute to you, Eric! His sandwich will be on Artisanal’s menu for a while. Anyone try it yet? Let the world know how it actually tastes.

It sounds pretty good though I don’t really like fruit in my food. I didn’t win but I had a great time in the SANDWICHLab cooking up a few batches of grilled cheese. My entry was taleggio, sauteed crimini mushrooms and spicy russian dressing on thinly sliced ciabatta, paired with a Storm King stout. They were very tasty, but a touch too salty. Along the way I experimented with prosciutto, sauteed morels and sauteed black trumpet mushrooms. The crimini’s flavor came out the strongest against the cheese while the prosciutto was too salty.

They tasted about as good as they looked. If you aren’t hungry after looking at these, you must be very lactose-intolerant:

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crimini and prosciutto

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3 Comments

  1. jake wrote:

    That’s smooth. They look marvelous! These pics are really nice too; love the bokeh; esp. enjoy pic #6. You should submit these to ‘sandwich lovers’ group on flickr or something.

    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:02 am | Permalink
  2. Ben wrote:

    Thanks Jake. I had to look up bokeh, but now that I know what it means, I’m a big fan. Maybe I’ll get them up in the SLC this weekend. Sandwich Lovers Club Punk?

    Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:54 am | Permalink
  3. Tori wrote:

    Great photos! They look yummmmy!

    Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:26 am | Permalink

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