Recipe Blueberry Havarti Panini with Blueberry Shrub Cocktail

[The Late Night Gourmet]

I originally wanted to make a pickled blueberry grilled cheese sandwich. As I was making the recipe, I realized that the pickling liquid has a double usage: it also tastes great. In executing this recipe, you're creating a shrub: a drink mixer made from sugar, vinegar, and fruit.

I at first resisted adding sugar to the brine. I never add sugar to pickled beet recipes, and I like it better that way. But, I added it here because I wanted to create the shrub.

The sandwich came across like a more savory danish: buttery and subtly sweet with cheese. The beverage taste like a subtly sweet fountain pop. I wondered if the vinegar would make it too sour, but the bourbon and the ginger beer balanced it out very nicely.

Those are stone ice cubes in the glass. They don’t chill as well as genuine ice, but they do look cool. It’s also gives new meaning to the term “on the rocks”.

Ingredents

1 pint blueberries
3/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup red wine
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Wheat bread
Havarti cheese
Butter
2 ounces bourbon
7 ounces ginger beer

Directions

1. Heat vinegar, wine, brown sugar, and salt in a pan for a few minutes. Stir until combined. Place blueberries in a jar. Pour mixture over blueberries.

2. Seal jar and refrigerate. The mixture will last for months if refrigerated. When you use the pickled blueberries is up to you:the flavor doesn't seem to intensify much after the first day. I waited 1 day before moving to the next step.

3. Slice havarti and place on a slice of wheat bread. Place blueberries in a single later and slightly away from the edge of the slice. Place more havarti on top of the blueberries and add the second slice of bread.

4. Heat panini maker and place sandwich, buttering both sides. Heat until browned.

5. Make the drink: combine 1 ounce of the brine with 2 ounces of bourbon. I used 7 ounces of ginger beer, which gave it a malty sweet soda flavor. Adjust the ginger beer to your liking.

 

[Barriehie]

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I originally wanted to make a pickled blueberry grilled cheese sandwich. As I was making the recipe, I realized that the pickling liquid has a double usage: it also tastes great. In executing this recipe, you're creating a shrub: a drink mixer made from sugar, vinegar, and fruit.

I at first resisted adding sugar to the brine. I never add sugar to pickled beet recipes, and I like it better that way. But, I added it here because I wanted to create the shrub.

The sandwich came across like a more savory danish: buttery and subtly sweet with cheese. The beverage taste like a subtly sweet fountain pop. I wondered if the vinegar would make it too sour, but the bourbon and the ginger beer balanced it out very nicely.

Those are stone ice cubes in the glass. They don’t chill as well as genuine ice, but they do look cool. It’s also gives new meaning to the term “on the rocks”.

Ingredents

1 pint blueberries
3/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup red wine
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Wheat bread
Havarti cheese
Butter
2 ounces bourbon
7 ounces ginger beer

Directions

1. Heat vinegar, wine, brown sugar, and salt in a pan for a few minutes. Stir until combined. Place blueberries in a jar. Pour mixture over blueberries.

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2. Seal jar and refrigerate. The mixture will last for months if refrigerated. When you use the pickled blueberries is up to you:the flavor doesn't seem to intensify much after the first day. I waited 1 day before moving to the next step.

3. Slice havarti and place on a slice of wheat bread. Place blueberries in a single later and slightly away from the edge of the slice. Place more havarti on top of the blueberries and add the second slice of bread.

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4. Heat panini maker and place sandwich, buttering both sides. Heat until browned.

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5. Make the drink: combine 1 ounce of the brine with 2 ounces of bourbon. I use 7 ounces of ginger beer, which gave it a multi sweet soda flavor. Adjust the ginger beer to your liking.

You could perhaps post shrub here. 👍

 

[TastyReuben]

Very inventive!

 

[Barriehie]

Sunny side up egg and *thats* breakfast! 😋