Double-Decker Truffled Grilled Cheese

Ingredients

• 7 ounces brie cheese sliced
• 6 slices challah bread thin
• 0.5 cup fig preserves 
• 4  figs fresh sliced
• 6 ounces monterrey jack cheese sliced
• 2 teaspoons truffle oil 
• 6 tablespoons butter unsalted

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Melt 3 tablespoons butter with 1 teaspoon truffle oil in an ovenproof skillet over medium heat.
2. Add 2 slices bread, and toast on both sides. Set the toast aside and reserve the skillet.
3. Lay out one slice of untoasted bread. Top with one-quarter each of the brie, figs and jack cheese, then a slice of toasted bread, then another layer of brie, figs and jack. Close with a slice of untoasted bread. Repeat to make another double-decker sandwich.
4. Melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter with the remaining 1 to 2 teaspoons truffle oil in the skillet over medium heat.
5. Add the sandwiches and cook until golden on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until golden on the other side, about 2 more minutes, then transfer the skillet to the oven and cook until the cheese is melted, 6 to 8 minutes.
6. Serve with the fig preserves.
7. Photograph my Andrew Mccaul