Perhaps it was the fond memories of some crazy Frenchies we met on Friday night on the M15…but when stopping at my bodega for a cheesy snack while slightly intoxicated and feeling very content with the memories of a really fun weekend…I knew what I needed was France’s king of cheese…le brie!
So I scooped up a wedge of brie, swung around from some carr’s water cracker, and enjoyed this delicious snack in my bed while googling lady gaga videos. (I can’t believe I just put that on the Internet).
I have been putting off going to the grocer store for approx two weeks and the situation was getting dire and I was running out of excuses to eat every meal out when I am supposed to be watching my pennies. I went with the intention of picking up just enough to last the week, and some things I could eat my brie with.
I chose turkey from the deli counter, a Toufayan flatbread, and a granny smith apple. Then I grilled the turkey and the brie in the flatbread until the bread was toasty and the brie was melty, and then I removed it and slipped in a layer of thinly sliced granny smith apple and a couple of squirts of honey mustard. This was delicious.
I initally began eating this sandwich after a recipe in Self magazine…I had never thought of grilling the brie before, and the did it in a wrap, which is what I did before this flatbread adventure. In some ways, the wrap was advantageous to the recipe. It didn’t involve quite as much brie because it can’t hold that much. It was easier to eat the apples in the wrap than on the flatbread, because they weren’t slipping out.
On the pros for the flatbread side…it made a heartier sandwich for a hungry girl (or guy!). It was also very visually appealing, because in the flatbread you could see the brie all dripping down the sides and stuff which was kind of hot. I wanted to take a picture, but m camera is missing. I am like 95% sure its in my room somewhere but I really can’t seem to locate it. Basically, I would make this sandwich either way in the future.
Another variation I used to order at lunchtime when I was employed was the ‘Alice’ sandwich from NYC sandwich shop Toasties (it’s a chain). This was served on a think multi-grainish bread (I can’t remember exactly) and featured turkey, cold brie and extremely thinly sliced apples, honey mustard, maybe some like sprouts or something? I might be confusing it with another sandwich but I don’t feel like googling it right now. The best thing about this particular version were that someone else was making it, and the paper-thin slices of granny smith apple. I have poor knife skills and am consistently unable to replicate such a thing.
I’d be interested to see if any readers have any other sandwich variations they would suggest…one caveat is that I am not fond of fruity jellies in any way, shape, or form and those are often paired with brie.
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i love brie… and you