The Dilly Dally - Humbolt Fog, Ricotta, Cherry Jam, Duck Egg, and Proscuitto Grilled Cheese

I think about leaving NYC all the time. I mean I love it, I totally do, but whenever I visit a new place all I can think is "what the eff am I still doing here?". I miss the trees. I miss the beach. I miss the ability to jump in a car and drive wherever the hell I want. I miss not thinking about how in the world I'm going to carry all these groceries home without my arms being sore for two weeks. But then like a surprise pie to the face, NYC shows me how magical, how slightly scary, and how mysteriously awesome it is.

Ingredients:

- Fresh Ricotta
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Now add a little bit of proscuitto! It's salty, smokey, and melts in your mouth. The thinner you have your butcher slice it, the better. Seriously, there's nothing grosser than a big ole slice of proscuitto... For some reason, it just fucks with the flavor. With that little tidbit, make sure you don't add too much proscuitto. It'll just destroy the sandwich.  I'd say use like 4 slices at most.

Now smear the fresh ricotta onto the remaining piece of bread and put it on top. The sandwich just needs to be grilled at this point.

Butte
r both sides, and turn your burner to medium. Let the sandwich grill until the cheese starts to melt and then flip - making sure that both sides are equally crispy and golden. Then remove it from the pan and let it chill.

While the sandwich is sitting, quickly fry up your duck egg! I used a duck egg because... why not? Duck eggs are ultra creamy, a little bigger, and super rich. It's like a regular old chicken egg but with butter pumped into it... at least to my taste buds. 😉

When the egg white is cooked and the yolk is still runny, gently take the top piece of bread off the grilled cheese and place the duck egg on your sandwich - then top with fresh arugula. The peppery bite from these greens will make the sandwich have an added depth of flavor. So now all the flavors are there - salty, creamy, peppery, sweet, sour, rich, delicious, irresistible, umami-esque... you get it.

Now that everything's on, go ahead and add the other piece of bread back on top and cut it in half! Watch as the egg yolk runs down the sandwich and coats it in it's buttery goodness. Oh my god, can you believe what you're about to eat? YAH! High 5s!

So yeah, take a look at this bad boy. Not only is it absolutely beautiful, but the curtains match the carpet... or whatever that saying is. Does that make sense? I mean that it looks beautiful and tastes dank too! Hah. Anyways. ok, Enjoy!

xoxo,

GCS