Ultimate Gourmet Grilled Cheese
This gourmet grilled cheese is loaded with herbed caramelized onions, gooey gruyere and white cheddar cheeses, and is cooked in a savory rosemary butter!
Ingredients
- 8 slices good quality bread (I used thick cut Artisan bread)
- Mayonnaise (for spreading)
- 12 oz Gruyere cheese (sliced thinly OR grated, at room temperature)
- 6 oz White cheddar cheese (sliced thinly OR grated, at room temperature)
- 4 slices thin Muenster cheese (at room temperature)
- 2 yellow onions (diced)
- 1 tsp fresh thyme (minced)
- 2 tsp fresh rosemary (minced, divided)
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
- 3 Tbsp butter (divided)
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
Directions
- 1
Add 1 1/2 Tbsp butter and olive oil to a skillet and heat over MED-LOW heat. Add diced onions, salt, pepper, fresh thyme and 1 tsp of fresh rosemary to the hot skillet and saute, stirring often, until onions are soft and starting to brown, about 10 minutes.
- 2
Stir brown sugar into the onions and cook another minute.
- 3
Transfer onions to a plate.
- 4
Spread one side of two pieces of bread with a little bit of mayonnaise.
- 5
To the same skillet, add remaining butter and rosemary, and heat over MED heat. Swirl to coat the bottom of the skillet with the melted butter.
- 6
Add both pieces of bread, mayonnaise side down, and cook until bread is golden brown and crunchy, about 2-3 minutes.
- 7
As soon as you add the bread to the skillet, add a bit of cheese to the top of each piece of bread. Once it starts to melt a little, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of the caramelized onions over the top of one of the pieces of bread.
- 8
When the bread is good and golden brown, sandwich the pieces of bread together and cook on LOW until cheese is fully melted.
- 9
Transfer to a plate, repeat with remaining slices of bread and ingredients.
- 10
Slice and enjoy!