Jesse Lindhorst

J.Frede

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For those of you who don’t know, Minnesota has the one of the largest State Fairs in the country. It consists of a full week of deep-fried food on a stick, craft beer, rides and people watching. This was Jesse and my first experience attending the Fair together. We were both anticipating it all summer and I woke up to find this little doodle on my bed. Take a look thru this post to see all the yummy, (and not-so-healthy) food we consumed. 

The Blue Barn - Blue Cheese & Corn Frites

Deep-fried corn fritters stuffed with crumbled blue cheese and served with a fresh herb chimichurri. The perfect balance of salty and savory. Our favorites food this year and a new addition to the fair.

Cheddar Parmesan Apple Grilled Cheese with Sriracha Musatard

A few friends came over for food, drinks and laughs. There was mention that they both had a love for cheese so considering Kels and I haven’t turned out a solid grilled cheese in a long while, we pulled out the frying pan and got to cooking. 

This ones easy, full of a balance of sweet, salty and spicy flavors. Enjoy!

Loaf of sour dough bread

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

4 Tbsp Dijon mustard

1 Tbsp sriracha chili sauce

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 tsp pepper

1 Tbsp olive oil

10 oz spinach

1 tsp salt

8 oz Vermont cheddar cheese, sliced

6 oz parmesan cheese, shredded

1 pink lady apple, thinly sliced

1Tbsp butter

Cut the loaf of sour dough bread into 4 thick slices. 

In a small bowl, mix together the extra virgin olive oil, Dijon mustard, sriracha sauce, garlic, and pepper. Set mixture aside.

In a large frying pan, heat olive oil and add in spinach leaves and salt. Sauté leaves until they darken and slightly wilt. Remove spinach from pan and set aside.

Spread mustard mixture evenly over one side of 2 of the 4 slices of bread.

Add cheddar and apple slices and cooked spinach to each of the sauceless slices of bread. Sprinkle parmesan over the sauced slices of bread and place onto corresponding apple, cheddar and spinach sides of the sandwiches.

Melt butter in the large frying pan over medium high heat. Place both sandwiches in the pan and cover. Flip the sandwiches once the first side is golden brown and cover once more. When the second side is golden brown and the cheddar is melty the sandwiches are ready. Remove them from the pan and cut in half.

Makes 2 sandwiches.