Tofu Grilled Cheese(ish) Sandwich

I was really craving a grilled cheese sandwich or tofu burger kind of thing, so this is what I came up with. It took a bit of time, but came out quite good. A friend gave me the idea to soak my tofu in sauce for as long as possible to give it more flavor, VERY good idea. The key to this sandwich was good stacking, hope this gives you ideas. Camambert cheese is hard to slice because it's so mushy and gooey, but I usually put it in the freezer for a few minutes right before I cut it and that seems to help. Then I toast the bread with the cheese before adding the rest of the stuff to melt it again.



Makes 1 sandwich (double ingredients etc. for more)

Ingredients:

2 slices of the least gargantuan bread you can find in the store
Butter, 4 small cubed pieces, for 4 sides of bread
Tomato, thinly sliced
Black pepper
Fresh mint or herbs, a bit
1/2 small wheel of camembert cheese, or cheese you like, sliced
Sesame seeds, to sprinkle on top of cheese 1/2 avocado, scoop out with spoon into slices when stacking
1 square thin block of agedofu (fried tofu), sliced lengthwise in the middle, soaked in soy sauce and chile peppers (or whatever you like) for a few hours
Hot sauce (I made my own, but Tabasco will work just fine)
Fresh spinach, or other leafy green

In a nonstick fry pan, melt (not burn) one of the pieces of the butter, and place a slice of bread on. Toast that side of the bread until it's nice and buttery. Do the same with the rest of the butter and sides of the bread to get a buttery toasty 2 slices of bread.

In the same pan, place the agedofu with a bit of the soy sauce and "grill" it on low heat, making sure it doesn't burn as you start making your sandwich. Be sure to flip it every so often.

Place the tomato slices on one of the the slices of bread, sprinkle with black pepper and top with the mint or herbs. Top with the cheese, and sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of the cheese.

Place this slice of bread in your fish grill or a toaster oven and begin toasting. Toast until the cheese is starting to melt a bit, turn the bread every so often to avoid burning any one side. You can put the other empty slice of bread in too to get it all toasty as well.

Take the bread slices out, and put the avocado on top of the cheese. Then using a spatula, carefully place the agedofu on top of this as well. Drizzle some hot sauce over the tofu. Place the spinach on top, and put the other slice of bread on top. Press down a bit, and using a sharp knife, cut the whole sandwich in half. Chow down!