Chorizo & Peppadew Pepper Grilled Cheese

Tastē Tuesday: The next couple of weeks will bring some sweet stuff again, but for today, I have one more savory recipe to share.  I adapted it from a website I just discovered and plan on exploring, http://foodie.crush.com.  This was a great grown-up grilled cheese sandwich with mouth-watering flavors.  The peppadew peppers I used weren't very spicy, but I did leave them off the small sandwich we made for little boy #2.  A winner with both the adults and kids!

Ingredients

4 slices sturdy white bread—I used a garlic loaf from the local bakery
6 ounces Manchego, grated 
1/2 cup cooked (crumbled) chorizo sausage
2 pinches of smoked paprika
5 pickled peppadew peppers, sliced
Instructions

1. Sprinkle two sides of bread with grated Manchego cheese, then a handful of cooked chorizo, a pinch of smoked paprika, then a sprinkling—or more—of sliced peppadew peppers. Top with more cheese and the top slice of bread.
2. Place the sandwich on a panini press that has been sprayed with cooking spray and heated to medium-high heat. Cover and let cook for 3-4 minutes or until golden.
3. Enjoy hot.

Note:  If you don't have a panini press, use a nonstick fry pan.  Place the sandwich carefully in the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes with a lid on, flip, and cook for another 2-3 minutes.  For added flavor, butter the outer sides of bread, but to shave off some calories stick to cooking spray.

Time got away from me yesterday so Monday Moments will become Thoughts for Thursday this week.  Hope you have a great Tuesday!

Manchego: A Spanish-style cheese that can be found in most grocery store's specialty cheese collections.

FoodieCrush has a scrumptious photograph of her finished product. I wanted to style my food as well, but when I pulled out my camera I could see three boys across the kitchen look at me like I was crazy. Hot grilled cheese….awesome photograph…serving dinner won out!