Name: Grilled Cheese with Smoked Turkey and Avocado
Ingredients: 3 oz Whole-milk mozzarella; 1/2 Firm-ripe California avocado; 2 tb Unsalted butter; softened; 4 sl Firm pumpernickel; 1 tb Dijon mustard; 6 oz Thinly sliced smoked turkey

Redemption, reconciliation, adoption, healing, conquest – all these are ways the Bible talks about the victory Christ won on the cross. That does not, however, mean that penal substitution is just one image of the cross among many, and that we may pick and choose which one we want to emphasize. The Bible’s images of atonement don’t work like that; they are not an all-you-can-preach buffet. Actually, each of the images the Bible uses to describe the atonement finally finds its resolution in the fact that Jesus died in the place of His people. If you trace down the reality that lies behind the images, that is, if you ask enough how and why questions, what you find at the bottom of every single one of them is penal substitution.

Greg Gilbert

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	California		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	oz	Whole-milk mozzarella
1/2		Firm-ripe California avocado
2	tb	Unsalted butter; softened
4	sl	Firm pumpernickel
1	tb	Dijon mustard
6	oz	Thinly sliced smoked turkey

INSTRUCTIONS

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Accompaniment: Cucumber, Radish, and Red Onion Salad
Thinly slice mozzarella. Pit, peel, and thinly slice avocado. Spread butter
on one side of each bread slice and turn slices over. Spread mustard on
bread slices and top 2 slices with mozzarella, avocado, and turkey. Season
turkey with salt and pepper and top with remaining 2 bread slices, buttered
sides up.
Heat a heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook
sandwiches until bread is crisp and cheese is melted, about 1 1/2 minutes
on each side.
Serve sandwiches with cucumber salad.
Makes 2 sandwiches.
Gourmet January 1998
Posted to recipelu-digest by Sandy <[email protected]> on Feb 24, 1998

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“Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it.”

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