Taleggio, Cherry Mostarda And Arugula Grilled Cheese

• Sandwich:
• 2 slices pane rustica (Italian peasant bread) cut 3/4 inch thick
• 1/4 pound Taleggio cheese, rind removed, cut Into 1/4 inch thick slices
• Handful of arugula
• 4 heaping tablespoons of Cherry Mostarda (recipe follows)
• Room temperature butter
• Cherry Mostarda:
• 31/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 bottle of red wine (preferably Primitivo)
• 1/4 cup black pepper
• 2 quarts pitted red cherries
• 11/2 cups stone ground mustard
• 1/4 cup Truffle Oil

1. Mostarda Procedure:
2. Combine sugar, wine, mustard and pepper in a saucepan. When mixture comes to a boil, lower heat, add cherries and truffle oil. Simmer, stirring occasionally until cherries are soft and breaking apart. Cool to room temp.
3. Sandwich Procedure:
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Cover one slice of bread with Taleggio cheese (layering if necessary). Top with cherry mostarda and arugula. Butter other slice of bread and form sandwich (buttered side up). Add tablespoon of butter to pan and melt. Place sandwich (buttered side down) in pan, butter top side of sandwich. Cook till first side is golden brown then flip. Cook for 30 seconds then place pan in oven. Remove once cheese is melted and gooey. Cut in half and serve.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/taleggio-cherry-mostarda-and-arugula-grilled-cheese-50031986 (may not work)