Savory Cheddar Sandwiches

Total Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 10 ounces cheddar cheese, sharp, grated
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon flour, unbleached
• 1/2 cup cream, regular
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 drops tabasco sauce
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon pimiento, chopped
• 1 tablespoon stuffed olives, chopped
• 12 slices bacon
• 6 slices bread
• butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 put the shredded cheese in a bowl and set aside.
• 2 hard cook and chop the egg, then set aside.
• 3 melt the butter in a skillet over low heat.
• 4 add and cook the onion until transparent then add the flour and stir until well blended.
• 5 heat until bubbly and then add the cream, salt and tobasco sauce gradually while stirring constantly.
• 6 cook until the mixture boils.
• 7 cook 1 to 2 minutes longer and remove from the heat.
• 8 blend in the lemon juice.
• 9 add the creamed mixture to the cheese and add the egg, pimento and stuffed olive slices to the mixture.
• 10 mix until well blended and set aside.
• 11 pan broil the bacon slices until they are partially cooked and still limp.
• 12 spread the bread with the softened butter and then spread the cheddar mixture on the bread, allowing 1/4 cup for each slice.
• 13 top each slice with 2 of the bacon slices crossed diagonally.
• 14 set the oven temperature to broil (500 or higher degrees f.) arrange the sandwiches on the broiler rack and place in broiler with the tops of the sandwiches 3-inches below the heat source.
• 15 broil until cheddar mixture is bubbly and slightly browned and bacon slices are crisp.
• 16 serve hot.