Let me step back just for a second. Are you familiar with sweet heat pizza? It’s my and Trey’s absolute favorite topping combo and has been for years: pineapple and jalapeño. I won’t lie, I also like the name. 🙂
Well, this is the grilled cheese version. And I figure if we’re grilling things already, then let’s go ahead and grill the pineapple too!
We don’t make grilled cheese sandwiches often at home, but when we do, I figure we might as well go all out! There are SO many ways to dress up this childhood classic. And if you want to see a LOT in one place, I highly recommend the Grilled Cheese Social.
You likely don’t need a formal “recipe” for this, but I may have one ingredient/trick that can’t be guessed from the photos…
Here’s what you need:
good bread
fresh pineapple (canned slices are OK too in a pinch)
a jar of jalapeños, including the juice
Manchego cheese (this goes great with pineapple in my opinion!)
a few tablespoons of mayo—that’s the secret
You’ll also need a grill pan if you want to get those pretty grill marks and add a little charred flavor to your pineapple slices.
For the outside of the bread, combine the mayo with a tablespoon or two of the jalapeño juice. Then spread that all over before pan frying (or pan grilling) the sandwich. I like to use mayo instead of the usual butter because it just makes your grilled cheese all the more decadent. 🙂
Not feeling the sweet heat? What about a fig and almond butter grilled cheese? I swear it’s amazing! Or you could make our baked cheesy apple sandwich. That one is the sandwich from my dreams. I mean it gets a creamy sauce top before baking—yum! It’s winter, guys, let’s make something cheesy this weekend??? xo. Emma
Credits // Author and Photography: Emma Chapman. Photos edited with A Beautiful Mess actions.
47 Comments
Definitely looks tasty!! Can’t wait to see more pictures of the bar, please please!
That looks mouth-watering, and it reminds me a bit of Toast Hawaii (which I really like). Thanks for sharing!
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I love fancy grilled cheese! It’s a great quick dinner on nights my boyfriend is at work. Thanks for these awesome ideas Emma!!
looks so Yummy… I might just have to try this out. Thanks 🙂
Mouth Watering Dishes!! Waiting To See More From You!!
Looks delicious! It’s not a common flavor here. But I need to try! 🙂
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Oh god!!!!! They look so delicious & distinctive.
These sound AMAZING! I can’t wait to try them!
Oh my days! This looks so good. x
Whats Toast Hawaii?! Is it a dish or a place?
-Emma
I must make them!!! They look delicious
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OMG this looks friggen amazing! Love Jalpenos! Never seen pinapple on a grilled cheese before. This is happeneing this weekend!!
yo for real though I love sweet heat.
Wow, definitely trying this soon! Or maybe even today!
Yum, yum, yum!
You almost can’t go wrong with mayo, in my opinion! My hubby makes fun of me, but seriously, life is too short to not eat mayo!
yummmmmmmmm!!!!
♥ Heather
p.s. mayo on bread for the grilled cheese is a little trick I picked up too and I love it!
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Yum! These sandwiches are right up my alley! I’ll have to try them next week!
Paige
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The sweet heat combination is new to me, but I do LOVE grilled pineapple, or just grilled fruit in general. I think this sounds like a great sandwich!
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I love grilled pineapple, so this may be a must try
Love me some grilled cheese and I put jalapeños on everything, so I’ll definitely be giving this a try!
Holy moly, I need this RIGHT. NOW. Pineapple and grilled cheese. Two of my favorite things. Thank you for sharing!!
Ohlawdyes. I can’t believe it never dawned on me to try my fave pizza toppings in grilled cheese. And while I have heard of using mayo instead of butter for the grilling, I’ve yet to try it. yum!
Oh my word! Those sure do look tasty!
Fun Fact: when McDonalds was coming up with ideas for meals to serve on Fridays during Lent (when a lot of people don’t eat meat), they had two restaurants try out two dishes the Filet-O-Fish vs. a pineapple burger. The fish sandwich was more popular and won out. Think about how close the pineapple burger came to being part of the American diet!
wow never thought of grilling pineapple. it looks so good though! got to try!
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Looks yum! My fiancé loves spicy food and unusual flavour combos – I’ll have to surprise him with this for lunch one day!
After just reading someone else’s post about ‘clean eating’ I think this alternative sounds far better. This looks AMAZING – I want to try one!
Lucy xoxo
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This actually looks incredibly tasty… Would love to give it a try!
I read it as ‘SweAt Heat’ and got some nasty visuals before I realized it was SweEt Heat, much better. Looks good and now it sounds good too ;).
This sounds so easy and delish! I actually never make grilled cheese at home, and now I’m wondering why. I want to try this one out!
Yum – great post! I never would have thought of using mayo instead of butter, but that’s genius!
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I’m a little confused, pineaples with cheese and jalapeño all together seem out of my culinary comfort zone, but this pictures look so good I might give these a good try 🙂 Kisses!
Can’t wait to try this combo – I’m a little obsessed w grilled cheese right now; I recently made a Rainbow version for BuzzFeed Video:
http://theactorsdiet.com/2016/01/08/rainbow-grilled-cheese-2/
And a whole site devoted to Grilled Cheese?!? I’m gonna go down a big pinterest hole tonight!
These have my mouth watering. Yum!
I can’t find manchego in my town! Super sad… I’m trying with mozzarella… Wish me luck!
looking Delicious yummmmmm
Very Delicious Food. My mouth watering. Yum!
I love pineapple and would like to taste grilled pineapple. Wow it’s looking awesome and want to eat as soon as possible.
These photographs of food are taken very nicely. I am also a photographer and these quality photographs are telling a lot of dedication behind making them.
wow,i love Pineapple
This sandwiches is very nice. I eat this.
Very Delicious Food. My mouth watering. awahhhhhhh
Good dishes, I like sandwiches but it should be loaded with cheese and veggies!!
All the sweet heat grilled cheese sandwiches. Thanks for all these recipes.
It’s hard to find well-informed people about this topic, but you seem like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks
Wow, it is so much fun to see, then how much it will be fun to eat. I love cooking.