Peach, Basil, and Prosciutto Grilled Cheese

This is the perfect summer grilled cheese recipe using fresh peaches that are in season. It makes a great camping lunch or camping dinner that’s ready in a few minutes. Let’s get started!

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I love grilled cheese! Crispy buttered bread with melted cheese – yes, please! This camping lunch recipe is a fun twist on a classic grilled cheese using fresh summer peaches!

Add in the salty prosciutto and fresh basil, and you have a perfect easy camping meal.

This grilled cheese recipe takes only a few minutes. You can cook it in a cast-iron skillet on a propane stove. It’s quick and easy, and you don’t need any fancy camping cooking gear.

July and August are the best months for juicy peaches. Print this recipe and make this peachy grilled cheese on your next camping trip!

Peach Grilled Cheese Ingredients:

Fresh Peaches – Peaches in a grilled cheese, you ask? Stick with me. It’s delicious. In case you’re interested, this is how to pick a good peach.

Sourdough Bread – While you can use whatever bread you want, I really love sourdough bread in this recipe.

Sharp White Cheddar Cheese – Go for the sharp or extra sharp cheddar cheese in this recipe for the best flavor.

Prosciutto – This adds the perfect saltiness. Try to find prosciutto that has been sliced extremely thin for the best results. I usually buy the Creminelli brand.

Fresh Basil – Fresh basil adds so much flavor. It really brightens up this grilled cheese and goes so well with the fresh peaches.

Butter – No grilled cheese is complete without the crispy, buttery bread on the outside. You can use salted or unsalted butter for this grilled cheese.

Tips for Cooking Grilled Cheese While Camping:

• Cook this grilled cheese low and slow! This will give the cheese on the inside time to melt without burning the buttery bread on the outside.
• Have everything ready to assemble before you start. Slice the cheese, peaches, and basil before you start cooking to make things easier.
• Pre-heat your cast iron skillet for at least a few minutes before you begin.

More Camping Recipes with Peaches:

• Grilled Peaches with Honey Bourbon Cream
• Dutch Oven Blackberry Peach Crisp

Peach, Basil, and Prosciutto Grilled Cheese

This is the perfect summer grilled cheese recipe using fresh peaches that are in season. It makes a great camping lunch or camping dinner.

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Servings: 2 grilled cheeses

Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Cook Time: 10 minutes mins

Ingredients

 

• 4 slices of sourdough bread
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 ripe peach (very thinly sliced)
• 4 oz sharp white cheddar cheese (or more as desired, thinly sliced)
• 2 oz thinly sliced prosciutto
• fresh basil (cut or torn)

Instructions

 

• Heat a cast-iron skillet over low heat.
• Spread butter on one side of a slice of bread and place it, butter side down, in the skillet.
• Add a few thin slices of cheese. Next, layer on a few peach slices, prosciutto, and basil. Top it with a little more cheese.
• Butter the other piece of bread and place it butter side up, on top of the cheese.
• Cook the grilled cheese over low heat on each side for a few minutes until the bread becomes crispy on the outside and the cheese melts. Enjoy!

Notes

Make sure you cook this grilled cheese low and slow so the bread doesn’t burn before the cheese melts. 

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