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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Jacked Up Panini Grilled Cheese

Looking for a grown up grilled cheese? Try this. If you like it or have any suggestions, please comment below.

This is made with ingredients you should have on hand.  
The flavor of this sandwich will make you crave it again. 

Ingredients

3 slices jack cheese (or use what you like: gruyere, cheddar, swiss, American)
2 slices your favorite bread.  I used a thick sliced Italian
6 super thin slices of vidalia onion
6 super thin slices of red onion
6 super thin slices of an apple
mayo or mustard
1 Tbsp. & butter to saute the onions
1 Tbsp. oil (vegetable, canola or olive) to saute onions
*Option: crispy bacon

Recipe:

For the sandwich: Heat to warm bbq grill, grill pan, griddle, Foreman grill, or panini press
For the onions: Heat a small skillet, add butter and oil

If you have one, use a mandoline to slice your onions and apples. 
Saute onions until they are cooked (about 3 minutes). Give them a dash S & P while cooking.
Butter the bread on one side. Place buttered side down on your work surface.
Add mayo or mustard to the bread.
Assemble: Bread, cheese slices, apple slices, cooked onions, bread.
Put your sandwich onto a hot grill or panini press.  If using a press, close lid and cook approximately 3 minutes. Check it. If it's not grilled to your liking, close and continue cooking.  
If using a bbq grill, grill pan, or cast iron griddle press the sandwich down with a spatula and cook until it's toasted to your liking,
flip and do the same on the other side; press down and continue cooking.
My results are posted below. 

If any of the cheese melts out, let it crisp up and serve it with the sandwich. It's crispy, salty, sweet and the apples make it refreshingly delicious!
Note* The Benriner green is only $23.27, the white is $49.95. The only difference is the color. This is the brand you see used on many of the cooking shows. The Cuisinart griddle has over 11,000 reviews. Lodge cast iron; you can't go wrong. The Calphalon grill pan is an easy solution for stovetop grab and cook. The George Foreman is a small size for a single serve solution. At the very bottom you will find a very handy kitchen tool; a brush to clean out the groves in any of these grill pans.