Grilled cheese please!
Grilled cheese was always my faaaaavorite growing up as a kid. Even in college, when we’d head to the local diner on Sundays I’d always order a grilled cheese with a side of potato chips. Also, orange soda. We can’t forget that part! It wasn’t complete without the orange soda.
These days I don’t make too many grilled cheese sandwiches, but when I do I’m always glad I did. They are HEAVENLY.
This particular sandwich was thought up when my friend Melanie planned to come over for dinner and ice cream. Well, I shouldn’t say I thought it up, rather I looked it up on Pinterest. Went straight to my “Yummy Yummy” board to what delicious things I had pinned and could possibly make for this ice cream loving summer night.
Interestingly enough, I mostly only ever pin sweets to my “Yummy Yummy” board. WHO would have thought?! I guess we all now know what my weakness is.
Anyways, eventually I stumbled upon a delicious looking picture of a French Onion Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
WOWZERS.
And so, two incredibly amazing totally ridiculous grilled cheese sammies were made that night.
We were dying over it. The oozy gooey goodness was almost, alllllmost too good to handle. We had to take some breathing breaks for sure because we were 1) getting full from the cheesy deliciousness and 2) sweating from the crazy heat of summer in my NO AC apartment.
Oh, life.
Good thing there was sweet cold delicious ice cream to be had later. It was the cherry on top of a lovely summer night.
French Onion Grilled Cheese Sammies
What you need:
Sourdough Bread (or whatever kind of bread you fancy, really)
Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
Fontina Cheese (shredded)
Yellow Onions (caramelized)
BUTTER
Directions:
1). Grate your cheeses and set them aside.
2). Caramelize the onions next. Slice them and toss them in your dutch oven (or heavy saucepan) with butter (about 2 Tbsp) and cook them until they are nice and brown. Sidenote: We burned ours a little because we were chatting too much and I was trying to take pictures of the ice cream before the sun went down (BLOGGER NERD ALERT) but still, the sammies were INSANE.
3). Slice your bread, and butter each side. Then, put one slice of bread in the pan. Top the bread with loads of both cheese and the caramelized onions, putting the second slice on top, creating your sandwich.
4). Wait till the cheese is good and melty, then flip the sandwich over to grill the other side.
5). Cool for just a bit, slice, and ENJOY!
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You should DEFINITELY make one of these soon. Just saying. You won’t regret it.
If there’s one thing I miss from pre-Paleo days – it’s grilled cheese. And macaroni and cheese. Comfort food to the max. We have this restaurant near us called Red Stripe and sometimes I treat myself to the prosciutto and pear grilled cheese… oh my god. So worth the stomach ache.
Oh my! That looks AMAZING. My friend has a grilled cheese MAKER that makes four sandwiches at once. I can’t wait to see it in action
Stop it, this is unreal. My childhood memories consist largely of grilled cheese sandwiches + watermelon by the pool. Of course childhood grilled cheese is orange cheese on white or wheat square bread buttered nicely on both sides. Comfort food to the max. And orange soda is mandatory.
Ooooooeeey goooooey good is RIGHT. Let’s make these sammies again except this time not burn the onions and not eat 3/4 of the cheese before putting it on the bread. And maybe eat 2-3 pieces of arugula to make it a real balanced meal.
o yes. this looks absolutely scrumptious
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I always love a twist on good ol’ reliable grilled cheese. This sound delicious!!
Delish! Would be perfect for summer with some cold gazpacho!