Bacon Brie and Fig Jam Grilled Cheese: Cue the cute cafe music with this sandwich! Fig jam, crispy bacon, and creamy brie, and grilled to utter perfection.

I don’t know about you, but the best new thing I’ve found in my local grocery store in the past couple of years has been fig jam.

If you’re into jam-making, I’m sure it’s pretty easy to make but it seems that fig season flies by in an instant and I never seem to be ready for it.  So for now, I’ll stick with the stuff I can buy all year-round. (Update! I finally made my own fig jam and it’s deeeelicious!)

And what that means is that I can also make these bacon brie and fig jam grilled cheese sandwiches whenever the heck I want to as well.

There’s no need to complicate a grilled cheese sandwich so this one is easy. It’s a thin layer of fig jam on one side of the bread, topped with crisp, smoky bacon and creamy brie, then grilled to perfection.

I like to cover the pan with a lid to trap the heat and help the cheese goo-ify itself. It’s a little trick of mine that works like a charm every time.

And it helps to prevent the bread from burning while you wait for the cheese to melt! Life hack score!

Served alongside a bowl of sausage and lentil soup?  You may have trouble keeping enough fig jam stocked for these bacon brie and fig jam grilled cheese sandwiches!

Bacon Brie and Fig Jam Grilled Cheese

Ingredients

4 slices country white bread
Salted butter, softened almost until it is melted
2 tbsp fig jam
4 slices of thick-cut bacon, cooked crisp
4 oz brie, sliced about 4″ long, 1/4″ thick

Instructions

  • 01

    Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat.  Butter one side of each slice of bread.  Spread 1 tablespoon of the fig jam on the unbuttered side of two of the slices.  Place the butter side down of those two slices in the skillet.  Divide the bacon and cheese between the slices in the skillet and top with the remaining bread, butter-side up.

  • 02

    Cover the pan with a lid or sheet of aluminum foil for about 3 minutes; this will ensure heat melts the cheese.  Remove the lid (or foil) and check the undersides of the bread with a spatula.  If the bread is lightly browned, flip the sandwiches to finish off the other sides.  When both sides of the sandwiches are perfectly browned (you know what that looks like) and the cheese is just about melted, remove them from the pan, cut, and serve hot and gooey.

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  • October 1, 2012 at 8:02 AM

    You had me at the words, bacon, brie & fig jam grilled cheese.

  • October 1, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    Good gracious this sounds divine!

  • October 2, 2012 at 12:21 AM

    Wow! That sounds great. Now I have to find fig jam!

  • October 2, 2012 at 2:51 PM

    Oh my! If only I had that in front of me right now. YUM

  • Samantha
    October 3, 2012 at 9:35 PM

    Um, yes, fig jam IS my favorite thing, especially when combined with Brie and prosciutto. Or it’s also great with blue cheese to play up the whole salty/sweet thing. Love!

  • October 3, 2012 at 11:11 PM

    Your grilled cheese sandwiches look sooo good! What a unique recipe, I love it.

    • October 4, 2012 at 11:46 AM

      Thanks! They may be on our menu for this weekend as well. 🙂

  • October 4, 2012 at 6:47 PM

    Oh this looks so so yummy! Grown up comfort food!

  • October 8, 2012 at 7:49 AM

    I’m a fan of brie + fig jam, but add bacon into the mix and it will turn into a full on obsession!

  • Alyssa
    October 21, 2012 at 12:36 PM

    I LOVE fig jam, but it can be hard to find. OliveNation.com has it, and it’s reasonably priced. Just saying.

    • October 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM

      It’s reasonably priced at the local grocery stores as well…as far as something made with figs goes.