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Grilled Cheese and Kalua-Pig Sandwiches

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Wong uses Fontina cheese and includes a slice of foie gras in each of these improbably luxurious grilled cheese sandwiches. At the restaurant, they are served with a Martini glass filled with swirled, chilled red and yellow tomato soups that the waiter instructs you to down in one gulp. Salud!

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 1/2 hr

  • Yield

    Serves 4

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 (1/4-inch-thick) baguette slices
4 thin slices mozzarella or Swedish Fontina
4 rounded tablespoons kalua pig
Accompaniment: chilled tomato soups

Preparation

  1. Butter 1 side of each baguette slice and sandwich 1 slice each of cheese and some pork between unbuttered sides to make 4 sandwiches. Grill sandwiches in a large nonstick skillet over moderate heat until golden and cheese is melted, about 1 minute on each side.

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