Prep

20 min
Total

1 h 30 min
Serving

4

Grilled Cheese Patty BLT Sandwiches

Name: Grilled Cheese Patty BLT Sandwiches
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 bulb garlic; 1 tsp olive oil; ¾ cup mayonnaise; Zest of 1 lemon; 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice; 2 tbsp minced fresh basil leaves; 2 tbsp minced fresh chives; Sea salt and cracked black pepper; 8 strips bacon; 2 tbsp pure maple syrup; 1 package Saputo Halloumi-Style Cheese Patties; 8 thick-cut slices your favorite sourdough bread; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 large tomatoes, sliced; 4 sandwich-sized lettuce leaves; 2 avocados, smashed

Ingredients

For the herb mayo

1 bulb garlic
1 tsp olive oil
¾ cup mayonnaise
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tbsp minced fresh basil leaves
2 tbsp minced fresh chives
Sea salt and cracked black pepper

For The BLT Sandwiches

8 strips bacon
2 tbsp pure maple syrup
1 package Saputo Halloumi-Style Cheese Patties
8 thick-cut slices your favorite sourdough bread
1 tbsp olive oil
2 large tomatoes, sliced
4 sandwich-sized lettuce leaves
2 avocados, smashed

Directions

Preheat an oven (or grill) to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper fitted with a rack on top.
Next, prepare your mayo. Trim about ¼-inch from the end of the garlic bulb, exposing the garlic cloves, then drizzle with olive oil and season with a pinch of sea salt. Wrap tightly in foil then roast until golden and creamy, about 35 - 40 minutes. Cool until workable, then squeeze out the garlic cloves and mash into a paste. In a bowl, combine the garlic paste, mayo, lemon zest and juice, basil, chives, then season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill in the fridge while you prepare your sandwiches.
Meanwhile, on the prepared baking tray, arrange your bacon in an even layer then baste all over with maple syrup. Transfer to the oven and bake until golden and crispy, about 25 - 30 minutes.
Heat a grill over medium-heat. Drizzle the bread with olive oil and toast on the grill until charred, then add your Saputo Halloumi-Style Cheese Patties and grill until golden and slightly charred on both sides.
Build your BLT sandwiches on that grilled bread with a heaping portion of mayo, lettuce, tomato, crispy bacon, Saputo Halloumi-Style Cheese Patties, and your second piece of bread spread with smashed avocado. Delicious!

Recipe developed in collaboration with Chef Dennis Prescott and Ingredients by Saputo.

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Chef Dennis Prescott @dennistheprescott

Dennis Prescott is a celebrated Canadian Chef, TV Host, and Cookbook Author with an ever-growing legion of online followers. A once struggling musician living in Nashville, TN, Prescott learned how to cook by working his way through several Jamie Oliver cookbooks. His studies quickly turned to a food obsession, where he started his booming Instagram account full of photos of mouth-watering food and eclectic recipes. Having spent time experimenting with countless cooking techniques and recipes, working in professional kitchens, catering, and teaching numerous communities how to cook, Prescott’s expertise has led him to a host role on the Netflix series “Restaurants on the Edge” and appearances on shows like History Channel’s “The Food That Built America”.

His latest cookbook, EAT DELICIOUS, is in stores now, with his new book releasing Spring 2024.

Prescott is a proud World Vision and SDG2/WFP Chef’s Manifesto Ambassador, promoting sustainability, food access, and hunger related issues in developing communities globally.