After more than 25 years, I finally left the country and was fortunate to score a business trip to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. We tasted many cheeses.
One dish stood out: A Brie Panini. It’s very simple to make, and we’ll modify it a bit, but the core is intact from the sidewalk café where we consumed it overseas.
Get some Panini bread, Brie cheese, grapes (green or red), walnuts and alfalfa sprouts.
Grill the Panini lightly with the cheese (cut it to your favorite thickness) on top so it begins to melt. You’ll need to cook both sides and leave the cheese open-faced so you can put the other ingredients on top when the Panini is done toasting. Check closely so you cook it to a slightly crisp exterior, but not brown.
Slice the grapes in half. When the cheese is melted, take the Panini and cheese out of the pan, and pack down the grape halves and walnuts so they flow into the cheese. Sprinkle with alfalfa sprouts. Put the other half of the bread on top. Push it down so the cheese slightly oozes out the sides. Slice it. You can imagine yourself in Amsterdam, drinking a Dutch beer, watching the bicycles gliding by.
One dish stood out: A Brie Panini. It’s very simple to make, and we’ll modify it a bit, but the core is intact from the sidewalk café where we consumed it overseas.
Get some Panini bread, Brie cheese, grapes (green or red), walnuts and alfalfa sprouts.
Grill the Panini lightly with the cheese (cut it to your favorite thickness) on top so it begins to melt. You’ll need to cook both sides and leave the cheese open-faced so you can put the other ingredients on top when the Panini is done toasting. Check closely so you cook it to a slightly crisp exterior, but not brown.
Slice the grapes in half. When the cheese is melted, take the Panini and cheese out of the pan, and pack down the grape halves and walnuts so they flow into the cheese. Sprinkle with alfalfa sprouts. Put the other half of the bread on top. Push it down so the cheese slightly oozes out the sides. Slice it. You can imagine yourself in Amsterdam, drinking a Dutch beer, watching the bicycles gliding by.
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