Oh yes. You read the title correctly. Cheesy garlic bread sandwiches. Garlic butter smothered bread filled with soft brie, crisped and browned to melting gooey perfection. Perfection! I kid you not, this is a sandwich that will make you lick the plate!!! It is my present to you so we can all get through Tuesday and bounce into the Wednesday - and let's face it, after that it is only a run and a jump to the weekend ;-).
Now lets me start by saying there is nothing healthy about this recipe! If you are doing low carb, low fat, paleo or counting calories, then I am afraid unless you are into tormenting yourself with pictures of melted cheese, you might want to stop reading now. But if like me you love a bit of melted cheese, then drool over your computer......
Honestly I am in cheese sandwich heaven. This recipe came to me in the middle of the night. I had been looking a pictures of what has been called 'crack bread', a term I really really dislike, but a dish I really really like. It has been done and pinned so many times and I have to say I have found several recipe that I wouldn't change at all. Which is great for my cooking, but not so good for my food blog. Anyhow, maybe that is why I was dreaming of garlic bread???
I should mention I wasn't just dreaming of garlic bread. This wasn't a dream where I jumped into a swimming pool full of buttery garlic bread, akin to how Winnie the Pooh jumps into honey, although that would have been a great dream!!!
This was much more of a riding through France on pedal bikes and stopping at beautiful French cafés, kind of dream. Actually there is nothing 'kind of' about it! That is exactly how it went, I was cycling through France with my sister and Colin Firth. Which is odd as I don't really cycle very often AND I don't know Colin Firth. Who knows what was going on in my crazy dream brain!
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But what I do know is we stopped at a small café and ordered toasted brie sandwiches that came with a side of melted garlic butter. (It was a great dream!!!) And here in the wonderful dream world my cheesy garlic bread sandwiches were born. Being a cheese, garlic and bread fan, I knew I had to try it, and due to the nature of my addiction to bread, cheese, garlic, and all other foods that help keep me out of skinny jeans, I had the ingredients ready in the fridge/pantry.
And let me tell you, the sandwich lived up to the dream sandwich. Yum!!! If Stew wasn't currently doing a low carb diet (don't ask!!) I would be making this for dinner for the next week. I might still do that and just serve him the side salad 😉 Or is that too cruel????? If you are reading Stew....I joke 😉 I promise I won't do that x
So whilst I go and check that Stew is still talking to me, I will leave you with the wonderful and slightly addictive Cheesy Garlic Bread Sandwich. Enjoy!
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Cheesy, Garlic Bread Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 8 slices of good crusty white bread
- 2 sticks butter
- 5 garlic cloves
- 10.5 oz Brie
- salt and pepper
- ½ teaspoon parsley
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425ºF/220ºC.
- Put the garlic cloves into a small pan of boiling water and cook for 2 minutes until soft. Drain well.
- Use the back of your knife to crush the garlic to a paste.
- Dry the garlic pan out and gently melt the butter.
- Add the garlic paste and stir to combine.
- Use a pastry brush to cover the slices of bread with the melted butter.
- Cut the brie into thick slices.
- Place 4 slices of the bread butter side down onto a baking tray lined with cooking paper.
- Arrange the brie over the slices, season lightly with salt and pepper and the parsley.
- Use the remaining bread to cover the brie.
- Bake in the oven for 6 minutes, then carefully turn the sandwiches over and cook for a further 3-6 minutes.
- Allow to cool ever so slightly before eating (as molten cheese burns! A lot!!!) and try to remember to share.
Notes
Dip the gooey delicious sandwich into creamy tomato soup!! (Thank you Dorothy!!!!)
Nutrition
Nutrition is per serving
If you love cheese and garlic butter why not try my Cheesy Garlic Butter Potatoes. They are amaaaaazing!!!!
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Gem says
Hi ! This needs to be baked at what tempt in the oven ?
Claire McEwen says
The oven needs to be at 425ºF/220ºC.
Hope that helps 🙂
Cx
Linda | Brunch-n-Bites says
Oh, this is so melty gooey goodness and I love brie so much! Perfect for...anytime of day.
Claire McEwen says
Melty gooey goodness is the perfect way to describe this 🙂
Dorothy Dunton says
Hi Claire! Thanks for the note about the soup! I make homemade creamy tomato soup with my home canned stewed tomatoes, whizzed with my stick blender, and add a knob or two or butter and enough cream to make it creamy. So easy and so good! 🙂
Claire McEwen says
It sounds perfect Dorothy!
Christie says
A dream about biking in France with Colin Firth sounds like the perfect way to dream. Add a picnic with these sandwiches and I wouldn't want to dream or eat anything else.
Claire McEwen says
Hehe!!! Exactly Christie!!! And thank you 🙂
Peter Block says
Really like the melty cheese but you elevated this sandwich with the garlic bread. This is a grown up grilled cheese!
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Peter. All grown ups should have a grilled cheese option 🙂
Melissa @ My Wife Can Cook says
How could you make garlic bread any better? Add cheese! What a brilliant idea. Thanks for the warning about letting it cool, I would definitely dive in to fast and burn my mouth!
Claire McEwen says
You are welcome Melissa, I have burnt my mouth far too many times on melted cheese 😉 Hopefully I can stop others suffering for the same fate.
Shelby says
Oh yes, I need this in my life today! This looks and sounds so delicious!
Claire McEwen says
Hehe, I think everyone should have these in their life 🙂
Keith @ How's it Lookin? says
Looks so good. I never thought to use garlic bread for a sandwich, thanks for sharing
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Kevin
Gerlinde @ Sunnycovechef says
Brie is a wonderful cheese, especially when it is warm and gooey.
Claire McEwen says
Warm and gooey and paired with bread = Food heaven 🙂
Dorothy Dunton says
Hi Claire! These are grilled cheese heaven! Brie is one of y favorite cheeses, it's just so oozingly good! I like the fact that they are baked, no having to stand over the pan to make sure they are not burning! Dunking them in creamy tomato soup would not be bad! 🙂
Claire McEwen says
Brie is one of our favourites too. My boys can polish off a baked brie between them, no problems!
Dipped into tomato soup would be fabulous! Might add that into the notes of the recipe 🙂