Brie, Fig, and Apple Grilled Cheese-this is the perfect grilled cheese sandwich for fall! Enjoy with a bowl of warm soup!
I have been on a grilled cheese kick. I think it has something to do with the cold temperatures. Or maybe because grilled cheese sandwiches are so easy to make and I have been feeling lazy when dinner time rolls around. Or maybe because grilled cheese sandwiches are just SO GOOD! Whatever the reason, I am so in love with my latest sandwich creation, Brie, Fig, and Apple Grilled Cheese. It is the perfect fall sandwich!
This sandwich is actually inspired by a grilled cheese I had at Deer Valley. I ordered it for lunch and instantly fell in love. I knew it needed to happen in our kitchen. Deer Valley used three cheeses, but I didn’t have three cheeses in my fridge, so I used brie instead. The king of all cheeses in my book:)
The melty brie with the tart, crunchy apple slices and sweet fig jam is the perfect package. Oh, and there is caramelized onions and arugula too on buttery sourdough bread! Why not go all out? This grilled cheese is exploding with flavor!
Grilled cheese equals classic comfort food and this Brie, Fig, and Apple Grilled Cheese is comfort food at it’s finest! This sandwich is SO gourmet, but SO easy to make! Don’t you love it when that happens! You don’t even have to leave your house to enjoy this gourmet sandwich…which is a big time bonus since it is cold outside. I hibernate in the winter and I am going to hibernate with this sandwich!
More Grilled Cheese Recipes
- Sweet Potato and Kale Grilled Cheese
- Brie, Pesto, and Sweet Pepper Grilled Cheese
- Three Cheese Grilled Cheese
- Roasted Broccoli Grilled Cheese
- Blueberry, Brie, and Lemon Curd Grilled Cheese
- Guacamole Grilled Cheese
Brie, Fig, and Apple Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 red onion, sliced
- 4 slices sourdough bread
- 2 tablespoon soft butter, for brushing the bread
- 4 tablespoons fig butter or jam
- 5 ounces brie cheese, thinly sliced
- 1 large Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup baby arugula
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a small skillet. Add the onion slices and cook until caramelized, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Butter the outside of each slice of bread. Spread fig butter or jam on the inside of each slice of bread. Layer the brie, apple slices, caramelized onions, and arugula. Top with the other slice of bread.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet or griddle pan over medium-high heat. Place the sandwiches, butter side down in the hot pan. Cook 2-3 minutes on each side or until browned and cheese melts. Cut sandwiches in half, if desired. Serve immediately.
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This grilled cheese looks SO beautiful and full of flavors–any grilled cheese that isn’t plain old American cheese on white sandwich bread is a good thing. I can’t wait to make this!!
Excellent sandwich… Loved by all who have tried! Lovely blend of flavors, a party for your taste buds 🙂 Thanks for posting this.
Apples+cheese is one of my favorite combos and this just looks unbelievable!
Love these flavors for a grilled cheese, perfection!!
This is pretty much a dream come true grilled cheese!!
Fabulous grilled cheese!!
I’m like you – I can’t resist a good grilled cheese.
Gooey CHeese has a way with my heart — Mmmm this sounds like my perfect, comfort meal … so delicious!
So wonderful. Love the fig in there!
i love everything about this sandwich!
Love this grilled cheese – the fig makes it.
Love this combination – seriously all my favorite!!
Maria,
I love anything with figs. I could eat ten of these.
Annamaria
This sandwich is speaking my language!!!
Can’t believe I have everything to make this…(yay for ingredients leftover from Thanksgiving recipes!) I think it’s going to be lunch tomorrow!
This look DELICIOUS!!!
This look delicious! Haven’t tried a grilled cheese sandwich with caramelized onions–yet 🙂
I don’t think this counts as a lazy dinner, because you are so right grilled cheese sandwiches rock. I love the resurgence of this with all the versions. Why this wasn’t done in the ‘old days’ , I have no idea. Wonderful combo of flavors.
I love any kind of grilled cheese, but adding apple is one of my favorites!
Never thought to add apple to a grilled cheese before, you definitely have got me curious to know what the combination tastes like!
delicious looking sandwich!
This is just what I need post Thanksgiving weekend on a rainy day, I think I will add a bit of turkey to mine as well!
Delicious!
This sounds lovely. Going to give this a go. thanks for sharing this recipe.
Simon
Is there another jam you could recommend other than the fig?
Blackberry would be good!
This recipe sounds unbelievably good! We’ve been learning so much about cheese lately at http://www.spoiledtoperfection.com and how important the fermentation process is to flavor of cheese. Give me brie and sourdough or give me death!
Your recipes are always so appealing, and this is no exception. I’m still chuckling over the exactly THREE potato chips on the plate–I hope you ate some while preparing the sandwich
Anyone have recommendations for a soup pairing?
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Congratulations! Love the idea of this gathering space. First time commenting, but a huge fan
Just finished eating 1.5 of these amazing sandwiches. They were so good! Such an amazing flavor combination. We didn’t have arugula on hand (because I didn’t read the ingredients list closely enough when making my shopping list) but subbed some green leaf lettuce and that worked well. Seriously so good! A keeper!
Awesome Sandwich!! Made it in a panini press and served with soup. The sweetness of the jam and the peppery flavor of the arugula and richness of cheese is amazing! Cant wait to eat it again!
My mouth is watering. I have to make this tonight!
Just made it. Oh WOW!!
Received some Brie from France as a gift and thought this would be a good way to use it. It was heavenly!
My only addition was salt and pepper To the carmelized onion. Thank you so much for the recipe.
This looks delicious, and I’ll try it this afternoon. However, you need to upgrade your editing! This stood out to me:
“…and there is caramelized onions and arugula too…”
It should be “…and there ARE caramelized onions and arugula, too…”
The verb IS is singular; the verb ARE is plural and refers to more than one object (onions and arugula). I love your site, but the grammatical and punctuation errors make it look like either you don’t care or that you’re in too much of a hurry to write properly.
One of best grilled cheese I’ve ever put in my mouth! Beyond yummy and so easy! Perfect for fall! Thanks for this winner!
Kids and adults all said best sandwich they’ve ever had!
One of the best sandwiches I’ve ever made. I thought my days enjoying this were over once I gave up dairy three years ago, but today I tried a vegan gouda in place of the brie and sooo good. I’ll be back to dreaming of this sandwich every day for lunch.
I am thrilled you loved it!
This was SOOOOO good. My husband and I loved it. We had it with butternut squash soup and a arugula salad.
I used a gala apple, rather than granny smith.
Perfect fall meal!
Excellent recipe! My new favorite fall comfort food!