Caramelized Apple & Gouda Sandwiches

🥘 Ingredients

• apple
  2 unit
• baby lettuce
  2 unit
• black pepper
• butter
  6 tbsp
• cooking oil
  1 tsp
• dried thyme
  2 tsp
• fig mustard
  2 oz
• gouda cheese
  8 slice
• grape tomatoes
  8 oz
• italian dressing
  3 oz
• mini cucumber
  2 unit
• salt
• shallot
  2 unit
• sourdough bread
  8 slice

🍳 Cookware

• large bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Halve, peel, and thinly slice shallot . Halve and core apple ; thinly slice into half-moons.

   shallot: 2 unit, apple: 2 unit
2. 

   2

   Heat cooking oil and butter in a large pan (medium heat). Add the sliced shallot, half the apple, ¼ tsp dried thyme (or ½ tsp for 4), and salt ; cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, ⏱️ 3 minutes . Then add 2 tbsp water and cook, stirring, until evaporated, ⏱️ 45 seconds ; season with black pepper . Turn off heat; transfer to a small bowl. Wipe out the pan.

   cooking oil: 1 tsp, butter: 6 tbsp, dried thyme: 2 tsp, salt, black pepper
3. 

   3

   Place sourdough bread on a clean surface. Spread half the slices with fig mustard , then top with the cooked apple and gouda cheese . Close with the remaining slices.

   sourdough bread: 8 slice, fig mustard: 2 oz, gouda cheese: 8 slice
4. 

   4

   Melt 1 tbsp butter in the pan over medium heat. Add the sandwiches and cook until golden on the first side, ⏱️ 3 minutes . Remove from the pan; add another tbsp butter and return the sandwiches to cook the second side until bread is golden and cheese melts, ⏱️ 3 minutes . (For 4 servings, cook in batches, adding 1 tbsp butter per batch.)
5. 

   5

   In a large bowl , toss baby lettuce , grape tomatoes , mini cucumber , and the remaining sliced apple with italian dressing ; season with salt and pepper. Serve the sandwiches alongside the salad.

   baby lettuce: 2 unit, grape tomatoes: 8 oz, mini cucumber: 2 unit, italian dressing: 3 oz