Day Ninety
I'm getting ready to move our fire pit again because I desperately need to get back to cooking every meal with fire. It's not sitting in a great spot for that, so I shall enable myself.
Mostly because I came across this thing again.
The pie iron. I bought it on Amazon, but I've also seen them at REI and a few other places.
You guys. YOU GUYS. Is there anything that can't be slapped between two slices of bread and cooked over a fire? I think not!
My absolute favorite has to be Pierogi Sandwiches.
It started with mashed potatoes, grilled onions, and cheddar cheese, but we've often meandered from that path to whatever we happen to have handy. It's always a winning idea.
Pierogi Sandwiches
Mashed Potatoes
Cheese (we used pepper jack--OH, YES, WE DID)
Bacon (of course we used Morningstar faux bacon, but whatever)
2 slices bread
Butter (technically I cheated and used Country Crock because it spreads better)
Start a fire (Or light up the grill, plug in a sandwich press, or get out a skillet--frankly it doesn't matter. The pie iron seals the edges and gives you a nice "I cooked with fire!" taste, but the basic idea would work no matter how you cook it.). Butter one side of each of the slices of bread.
Turn the first slice butter side down and top it with a couple of tablespoons of mashed potatoes, some bacon, and slices of cheese. (The butter is there to keep the sandwich from sticking. Think grilled cheese.)
Slap the other slice of bread on top with the butter facing upward.
Then COOK IT WITH FIRE! I stuck it inside the pie iron and put it in the fire for about 5 minutes.
Perfection.
Now I'm dying to see what would happen if I stuck banana slices, peanut butter, and chocolate chips in between some bread and put it in the pie iron. Magic, right?
Gosh, I love fire.
Reader Comments (2)
Just leave the butter out. Unless your house isn't air conditioned and the kitchen regularly hits past the 90's, nothing bad will happen to it.
I finally got tired of hard butter and started just leaving it out a couple years ago. We don't go through a stick that fast and I've never had a problem.
Cinnamon swirl bread with apple pie filling. It's good.