Grilled Cheese Tomato Jam

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Grilled Cheese Tomato Jam #48 · lunch · american Host: Foodal · Grilled Cheese with Tomato Jam → Instagram → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) 2 sandwiches · Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min · Total 15 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Grilled cheese with fresh mozzarella, basil and sweet tomato jam. Butter one side of each of the pieces of sourdough bread: 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened 4 slices crusty sourdough bread Heat a large skillet over medium heat. If the pan is large enough, make two sandwiches at a time. Otherwise, proceed with steps 3-4 (the next two steps) for one sandwich, and then repeat the process. Once the pan is hot, place two slices of bread in the pan, buttered side down. Top each slice of bread with half of each of these: 6 oz sliced fresh mozzarella cheese 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil 1/2 cup Homemade Tomato Jam Place another slice of bread on top of each, buttered side up. Cook until the bottom of each is browned, approximately 2-3 minutes. Flip with a spatula. Cook again until the bottom is browned and the cheese is melted. Remove from the pan, and slice in half with a serrated knife if desired. Serve immediately. Source: Foodal · Grilled Cheese with Tomato Jam tags: bread,cheese,tomato,butter · popularity: spike · meat: no	Grilled Cheese Sandwich (4 sandwiches) Book: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931) crumb: cheese sandwich cooked in butter on a griddle Joy of Cooking includes “Grilled Cheese Sandwich (4 sandwiches)”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. Differences: The method is Joy's buttered cheese sandwich cooked on a griddle. The online version uses crusty sourdough and fresh mozzarella. It adds basil and spreads sweet-tart homemade tomato jam inside. It tastes more like a caprese melt than a plain American grilled cheese.

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Grilled Cheese Tomato Jam
#48 · lunch · american
Host: Foodal · Grilled Cheese with Tomato Jam → Instagram → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

2 sandwiches · Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min · Total 15 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Grilled cheese with fresh mozzarella, basil and sweet tomato jam.

Butter one side of each of the pieces of sourdough bread:

2 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened

4 slices crusty sourdough bread

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. If the pan is large enough, make two sandwiches at a time. Otherwise, proceed with steps 3-4 (the next two steps) for one sandwich, and then repeat the process.

Once the pan is hot, place two slices of bread in the pan, buttered side down. Top each slice of bread with half of each of these:

6 oz sliced fresh mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

1/2 cup Homemade Tomato Jam

Place another slice of bread on top of each, buttered side up.

Cook until the bottom of each is browned, approximately 2-3 minutes. Flip with a spatula. Cook again until the bottom is browned and the cheese is melted.

Remove from the pan, and slice in half with a serrated knife if desired. Serve immediately.

Source: Foodal · Grilled Cheese with Tomato Jam

tags: bread,cheese,tomato,butter · popularity: spike · meat: no

Grilled Cheese Sandwich (4 sandwiches)
Book: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931)

crumb: cheese sandwich cooked in butter on a griddle

Joy of Cooking includes “Grilled Cheese Sandwich (4 sandwiches)”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions.

Differences:

The method is Joy's buttered cheese sandwich cooked on a griddle. The online version uses crusty sourdough and fresh mozzarella. It adds basil and spreads sweet-tart homemade tomato jam inside. It tastes more like a caprese melt than a plain American grilled cheese.

Match: Somewhat close

Online recipe

Grilled Cheese Tomato Jam

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
2 sandwiches · Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min · Total 15 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Grilled cheese with fresh mozzarella, basil and sweet tomato jam.

Butter one side of each of the pieces of sourdough bread:
2 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
4 slices crusty sourdough bread

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. If the pan is large enough, make two sandwiches at a time. Otherwise, proceed with steps 3-4 (the next two steps) for one sandwich, and then repeat the process.

Once the pan is hot, place two slices of bread in the pan, buttered side down. Top each slice of bread with half of each of these:
6 oz sliced fresh mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1/2 cup Homemade Tomato Jam

Place another slice of bread on top of each, buttered side up.

Cook until the bottom of each is browned, approximately 2-3 minutes. Flip with a spatula. Cook again until the bottom is browned and the cheese is melted.

Remove from the pan, and slice in half with a serrated knife if desired. Serve immediately.

Citations
- Foodal · Grilled Cheese with Tomato Jam: https://foodal.com/recipes/sandwiches/tomato-jam-grilled-cheese/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/grilledcheesetomatojam/
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Grilled+Cheese+Tomato+Jam+recipe

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- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501169718?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931). Publisher: Scribner, 2019 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1501169717.

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Dish: Grilled Cheese Tomato Jam
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Grilled Cheese Sandwich (4 sandwiches)
Source: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931)
Differences: The method is Joy's buttered cheese sandwich cooked on a griddle. The online version uses crusty sourdough and fresh mozzarella. It adds basil and spreads sweet-tart homemade tomato jam inside. It tastes more like a caprese melt than a plain American grilled cheese.
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Online sources: Foodal · Grilled Cheese with Tomato Jam (https://foodal.com/recipes/sandwiches/tomato-jam-grilled-cheese/)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/grilledcheesetomatojam/)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Grilled+Cheese+Tomato+Jam+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

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Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931).
This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. This site cites three editions. One is the classic 1975 Rombauer–Becker text (Plume 1997 printing). The others are the 1997 All New edition and the 2006 75th-anniversary edition. Each dish names its edition.

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Reference: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931). Publisher: Scribner, 2019 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1501169717.

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