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A flavor explosion that takes grilled cheese to the next level, this combination of salty, candied bacon, freshly sliced jalapeños, local blackberry preserves, and melty Muenster cheese on a buttery, toasted sourdough will change the way you look at grilled cheese forever!
**Note: Especially in recipes where I use infused ingredients for multiple steps, or the full amount of ingredients in medicated form surpasses my desired THC, I often use regular unmedicated ingredients, substituted partially with cannabis-infused ingredients until I get my target amount. Precise dosing is incredibly important for cannabis-infused dishes (especially if you’re sharing). If you need help calculating your final serving’s dosage, our calculator can help you gain confidence. (:
Step 1: Make Your Bacon
Take a foil-lined baking sheet and place a lightly sprayed non-stick cooling rack on top. Sprinkle both sides of your bacon with brown sugar and line bacon slices in a single layer on the rack. Place the baking sheet on the center rack of your cold oven. Set your oven to 400°F. Cook the bacon for 12-17 minutes, checking your bacon starting at 10 minutes. (Cooking time depends on thickness and type of bacon.)
This method makes beautiful bacon every time! When you cold-start bacon and provide gradual heat, it allows a slow rendering of fat, creating flat, evenly cooked, crispy bacon. Now, take it a step further and caramelize your bacon with brown sugar?…*chef’s kiss*.
When your bacon is cooked to your liking, take the baking sheet out of the oven and set it aside.
Step 2: Ready Your Ingredients
Slice the jalapeños to your desired thickness. Open your cannabis-infused butter (or medicated Ghee) and spread butter on one side of each slice of sourdough. (The bread will be placed buttered side down on your frying pan after you build your sandwich.) Ready your cheese, bacon slices, and blackberry preserves.
Step 3: Build Your Sandwich
Spread blackberry jam on the unbuttered side of each slice of sourdough. Don’t be shy on this step; the blackberry jam flavor is subtle compared to the other ingredients incorporated in this grilled cheese, and it helps seal in all the other fillings.
Build each sandwich with bacon, cheese and jalapeño slices as desired. I’ll do cheese slices on both sides, jalapeño on one, bacon on the other, and put them together to get an ooey-gooey cheese and jam surrounding a sweet and spicy crunch scenario. (:
Step 4: Toast/Grill Sandwiches
Preheat a skillet or electric griddle to medium-high. Place sandwiches buttered side down and toast until you get a medium golden brown. Flip and cook the other side until beautifully crisp.
(If the bread is toasted before the cheese melts, lower your temperature and allow the cheese to fully melt)
Slice diagonally and garnish with blackberries if you’d like.
Enjoy!! (:
Cooking with Cannabis-Infused Ingredients
A good starting point for ingesting cannabis edibles is to limit yourself to <5mg THC ; even less if you are new to THC-infused food. They can be stronger and more intense, differing drastically from smoking. The effects can take half an hour to 3 hours to fully metabolize, depending on an individual’s unique body and metabolic rate. In addition, because the THC is digested through your liver and can more readily cross the body’s blood-brain barrier, the high can be stronger and last longer. With that said, your edible’s potency depends on a variety of factors: how it was prepared, the potency of your starting product, and the strain or concentrate’s cannabinoid and terpene content. To test the potency and effect of your finished product, try a smaller amount (<5mg) and see how the dose affects you after 2-3 hours. Titrate your dose as desired, and you can then use this personalized “standard” dose as a baseline for your recipes.
**Check out our dosage calculator for help in calculating your edible’s dosage @:
https://www.plant-family.com/thc-dosage-calculator/ **
Happy Cooking!
