Friday night we went to a baseball game and I thought it'd be fun for this week's GCF to do a play on CrackerJacks, the quintessential American snack at the ballpark -- caramel coated popcorn and peanuts all rolled into one bag of sugary salty sweetness. So for this week's GCF, I've decided to take the essential flavors and turn it into a sandwich.
For this sandwich, you need a crusty, rustic bread made with white flour, you want to make sure its nice a crumbly and when toasted provides a nice crunch, similar yet different to the crunch of the caramel coated popcorn in crackerjacks.
Next up, you need your special ingredient for this sandwich - La Maison d'Armorine's French Salted Butter Caramel spread, liquid caramel gold. A little of this decadence goes a whole long way! So spread this on either side of the bread.
Now grab your cheese, I think to dial down the sugary sweetness of the salted caramel spread, you need a nice piquant salty side to your sandwich and that should come in the form of blue cheese -- I think a nice Point Reyes Blue Cheese would be great. This cheese is everything that a blue cheese should be and more -- piquant, biting, salty, puckery, and all around brilliant! The salty savory qualities of the cheese will balance out the sweetness of the caramel perfectly.
Next up instead of the peanuts used in crackerjacks, I like to substitute some marcona almonds in our sandwich here, you can crush a few up and drizzle them on top of your cheese and toast away!
Crackerjacks as a sandwich it isn't but it is delish and a fantastic flavor combination. Enjoy this with a nice pilsner.
More catch up coming right up folks!
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