The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipes

BIG CHEESE SQUEEZE

Steps:

• Place two 10-inch cast-iron skillets over high heat for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, spread the mustard on one slice of bread. Distribute the cheese evenly over the mustard, season with pepper, and top with the second slice of bread. Brush the bread surface with the clarified butter. Go for even coverage, but don't soak the bread or it won't brown.
• When the pans are hot, kill the heat and place the sandwich, top-side down, in the middle of skillet number 1. Brush the newly exposed bread face with butter and lay the bottom of skillet number 2 right down on top of the sandwich. Wait. In 3 to 5 minutes, you will hear the sizzle of melted cheese oozing out into the pan. (If you don't, you went skimpy with the cheese.)
• Gently remove the top skillet and use a flat metal spatula to remove the sandwich to a waiting cutting board and wait 60 seconds. You will be hungry, so at this time you may want to examine skillet number 1 for toasty little bits of cheese, which you can hungrily devour. When 60 seconds is up, you may wish to cut the sandwich in half with a serrated knife. It won't make the sandwich taste any better, but there's something about biting into that cut side that's very satisfying.

THE ULTIMATE GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in the cheeses, garlic powder and seasoned salt. Spread 5 slices of bread with the cheese mixture, about 1/3 cup on each. Top with remaining bread. , Butter the outsides of sandwiches. In a skillet over medium heat, toast sandwiches for 4-5 minutes on each side or until bread is lightly browned and cheese is melted.

THE ULTIMATE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat a griddle or nonstick skillet to medium-low. Spread 2 teaspoons of the butter on one side of a bread slice. Repeat with the remaining butter and bread. Place one of the slices butter-side down and shingle the cheese on top, covering the entire surface. Top with the other slice of bread, butter-side up.
• Place the sandwich on the griddle and cook until the bottom is golden brown and crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. If the bread is browning too quickly, shift the griddle off the heat. Flip the sandwich, then cover with a small metal bowl and cook until the bottom is golden brown and the cheese is melted, 3 to 4 minutes. Once golden brown on both sides, toast the edges of the sandwich, if desired. Transfer to a cutting board, cut in half on the bias and serve immediately.

ULTIMATE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat a skillet over medium heat.
• Slather one side of a slice of bread with butter. Place the bread butter-side-down in the skillet and add one slice of cheese.
• Butter another slice of bread and place it butter-side-up onto your sandwich.
• Grill the sandwich until it's lightly browned on one side and then flip. Continue grilling until both sides are browned and the cheese is melted.
• Repeat with the remaining ingredients for a second sandwich.
• Slice in half, serve, and enjoy!

THE ULTIMATE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients except bread and butter in a medium bowl.
• Butter one side of each slice of bread.
• Put sandwiches together using about 1/2 cup of filling each.
• Place buttered side of bread on the outside of sandwich.
• Toast on griddle or in skillet until a deep golden brown. Make sure you cook this slowly over low to med-low heat, so that the inside has a chance to melt before the outside gets too done. Kick up the heat when it gets going.
• *Depending on the size of your bread, this makes 6-10 sandwiches.

ULTIMATE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly butter 1 side of each bread slice. Place 2 bread slices, buttered side down, on work surface. Top each with 2 prosciutto slices, then 4 basil leaves, then 4 cheese slices. Sprinkle with salt and crushed red pepper. Top with remaining 2 bread slices, buttered side up. Heat olive oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add sandwiches to skillet and cook until golden on bottom, about 4 minutes. Turn sandwiches over; transfer skillet to oven and bake until golden and cheese melts, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Carefully lift off top bread slices from sandwiches and insert 3 tomato slices into each, then cover with bread tops and serve.

ULTIMATE GOURMET GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• 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.
• Stir brown sugar into the onions and cook another minute.
• Transfer onions to a plate.
• Spread one side of two pieces of bread with a little bit of mayonnaise.
• 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.
• Add both pieces of bread, mayonnaise side down, and cook until bread is golden brown and crunchy, about 2-3 minutes.
• 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.
• When the bread is good and golden brown, sandwich the pieces of bread together and cook on LOW until cheese is fully melted.
• Transfer to a plate, repeat with remaining slices of bread and ingredients.
• Slice and enjoy!

ULTIMATE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Stir together the apple, pecans, salad dressing, and sour cream; set aside. Place a slice of Colby cheese onto 4 of the bread slices, the add the ham, followed by the remaining slice of cheese and bread. Spread the margarine on the outside of the sandwiches.
• Place the sandwiches into a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until the bread is golden brown on both sides and the cheese has melted, about 3 minutes per side. Spread the apple mixture into the middle of each sandwich before serving.

THE ULTIMATE GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
• Lay braed on a work surface. Spread each slice lightly on one side with mustard and then divide the cheddar among 4 slices, lightly packing cheese.
• Top with remaining 4 slices of bread.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of butter on top of sandwiches.
• Place 2 sandwiches, butter side down, in skillet. Place another skillet on top of sandwiches to compress them. Cook until bottoms are golden, about 2 minutes.
• Spread 1/2 tablespoon butter on unbuttered side of grilled sandwiches. Flip them, place skillet on top, and cook about 2 minutes, until sandwiches are golden and cheese is melted.
• Repeat with the 2 remaining sandwiches and remaining 1/2 tablespoon of butter.