Ultimate Grilled Cheese

The Ultimate Grilled Cheese, sounds intriguing, does it not? As your mind tries to wrap itself around the multiple possibilities, you can not prepare yourself with the magnitude of flavors that will be going on your taste buds when you bite into this sandwich. This grilled cheese takes a little bit of time but it is well worth the time and the effort!

Ingredients For the Ultimate Grilled Cheese:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 small Vidalia onion, sliced
• 8 ounces portabella mushrooms, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon thyme, chopped
• 1/4 cup white wine or chicken broth
  
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 2 slices of Fontina cheese
• 1/2 cup Parmigiano Reggiano, grated
• 4 slices of favorite bread
• butter to spread on the slices of bread

How To Put It Together:

Melt the butter and heat the oil in a pan over medium heat.

Add the Vidalia onion and sauté until tender, about 5-7 minutes still on medium heat.

Add the garlic and thyme and sauté until fragrant, about a minute of cooking time.

Add the portabella mushrooms and sauté until the start to caramelized and turn golden brown, about 10-15 minutes of cooking time on medium heat. Make sure you stir the contents of the pan so it will not stick.

Add the wine, deglaze the pan and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 2-3 minutes of cooking time.

Season with salt and pepper, add the parsley and remove from heat and let cool a bit.

Mix the grated Parmigiano Reggiano into the mushrooms and onion mixture.

Butter one side of each slice of bread and place 2 in the pan buttered side down. Add Fontina cheese to the non-buttered side of bread.

Top each with 1/2 of the mushroom mixture and another piece of Fontina cheese for extra cheesy goodness.  Finally, add the remaining slices of bread with the buttered side up.

Grill until the cheese has melted and the bread is golden brown, about 2-4 minutes per side.

Plate and serve to your family as a delicious treat for lunch. I promise you will not be going back to the same dull way of making grilled cheeses.

By the time the finished product is plated and sitting in front of your hungry family, your house will have all the aromas of your labor! Ultimate Grilled Cheese sandwiches will be a long time favorite and its fan base will keep on growing! I hope everyone enjoys their dish!

 (recipe has been adapted by closetcooking.com)