Name: Fig Walnut Gorgonzola Grilled Cheese for a Crowd
Ingredients: 10 ounces Gorgonzola cheese (crumbled); 1 1/3 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese; 16 slices hearty wheat or multi-grain bread; 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted); 1/2 cup honey; 1/2 cup toasted (chopped walnuts); 1 1/2 cups Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Figs (stemmed and sliced 1/4-inch thick)

You can use goat cheese instead of the Gorgonzola.

Fig Walnut Gorgonzola Grilled Cheese for a Crowd

Feed your people easily with figgy grilled cheese for a crowd. Cook’s Country shares the ultimate party food and how to make grilled cheese for a crowd.

Nutrition

Servings sandwiches

Ingredients

10   ounces Gorgonzola cheese crumbled
1 1/3  cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
16  slices hearty wheat or multi-grain bread
8  tablespoons unsalted butter melted
1/2   cup honey
1/2  cup toasted chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Figs stemmed and sliced 1/4-inch thick

Instructions

Preheat baking sheets. Adjust oven racks to middle and lower-middle positions. Place 1 baking sheet on each rack and heat oven to 450 degrees.
Assemble sandwiches. Combine cheeses in bowl. Brush one side of each slice of bread with melted butter. Flip 8 slices over and spread each slice with 1 tablespoon honey. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese mixture and 1 tablespoon walnuts. Evenly distribute figs slices over walnuts and sprinkle with another ¼ cup cheese mixture. Cover with remaining bread slices, buttered side up, and press down gently.
Bake sandwiches. Remove hot baking sheets from oven and place on cooling rack. Arrange sandwiches on 1 sheet. Return to middle rack of oven, and carefully place second sheet over sandwiches, rim side up. Bake sandwiches until golden, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove top baking sheet and transfer sheet with sandwiches to cooling rack. Serve.