Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Pumpkin and Brie Panini: Bauman Family Fruit Butters


If you have been following my food journals at Uncovering Me, then you may already know that I bought a Breville Ikon Panini Press and I am in love! It has non stick plates which means I don't have to use any added oils when I make sandwiches. And make sandwiches I have!

As a featured publisher at Foodbuzz, I was given the opportunity to try Ile de France Le Brie. I plan on sharing more about the cheese specifically in an upcoming blog, but I knew I had to try some of it in a panini. I also had just received a sampler of Bauman Family Fruit Butters. As I look to utilize more naturally sweetened products, I ran across this company who sweeten most of their fruit products with fruit juice or honey. Many of the products they just let the fruit sweeten itself! This results in an all natural and low calorie alternative to overly processed spreads you find on store shelves. You can find these fruit butters in stores or order them online! One of the butters was a pumpkin butter that is sweetened with fruit juice and is only 25 calories for a tablespoon!

Pumpkin and Brie Panini

2 slices Oroweat Light Whole Wheat Bread (or your favorite whole wheat bread, adjust calories accordingly)
1 tbsp Bauman Family No Sugar Added Pumpkin Butter
1.5 oz Ile de France Le Brie

Warm panini press while assembling sandwich. On one piece of bread, spread pumpkin butter. Place cheese on top of butter and top off with second slice of bread. Grill on low for 3 minutes. Enjoy!

This sandwich is sweet, spicy and creamy. With April being National Grilled Cheese month, consider this my contribution to the celebration. It is so delicious I had one for dinner last night and another for breakfast this morning.

Nutritional Information using the above named ingredients: 255 calories/14 grams of fat/7 grams of fiber/11.5 grams of protein.


There are many uses for fruit butters besides paninis. I have used all of these to sweeten my steel cuts oats in the morning. They are also great on waffles and toast as well as mixed into yogurt. I even used the butters in savory main courses! All of the Bauman Fruit Butters I tried ranged in calories from 25 to 35 calories per tablespoon and were bursting with sweet fruit flavors. I love that the company has been around for over 100 years and is still family owned and operated.

For those of you who enjoy fruit butters, am I missing another use? Please share ideas and links to your favorite fruit butter recipes here!

8 comments:

LK- Healthy Delicious said...

1- Ile de Grance rejected me. Efff them!

2- pumpkin and brie? You're me hero. I lov you!!

Anonymous said...

Pumpkin butter and brie sound delicious in this panini!

Was this Ile de France cheese part of a foodbuzz tastemaker program or how did you get the sample from Ile de France directly? Not sure how I missed it if it was through Foodbuzz.

C.G. the Foodie said...

To be honest, I'm not sure. I got an email that referenced Foodbuzz but it was from the company directly.

Martha@A Sense of Humor is Essential said...

Brie and grilled anything is wonderful, with fruit butter = YUMMY!! Thank you for this, off to the store pronto!!
Hmm, I bet the cranberry pear butter would be excellent as a finishing glaze on grilled chicken or other meat.

Marisa @Loser for Life said...

Mmm... that sounds like a great combo!

The Blonde Duck said...

That sounds really good! I love paninis!

I'm going to have to check out fruit butter now...

Carolyn Jung said...

This would make a delightful Sunday brunch. I love the interplay of the sweet pumpkin with the more earthy-mushroomy brie.

Jaime and Jen DISH said...

Ile de France was kind enough to send me cheese as well, GOAT CHEESE! I can't wait to make an awesome recipe too with the cheese.

This looks DELISH! I can't wait to try it because I LOVE Brie!

Jenifer
Fellow Foodie Blogger

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